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Live Review

Review: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (IOpera)

Michael Nyman’s chamber opera about a man with a curious neurological condition makes a rare appearance for its 40th anniversary.

March 19, 2026
Opera
Live Review

Review: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Melbourne Opera)

The little company that could presents opera’s longest work in a vast space that proves surprisingly perfect.

February 17, 2025
News, Opera
news

Massive Meistersinger for Melbourne

Melbourne's UNESCO-listed Exhibition Building to host an ambitious, all-Australian staging of Wagner's "miracle of complex engineering".

December 20, 2024
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
features

A Scientific Creation 

Nicholas Buc has written the music for a new oratorio called Origins, which draws on science to tell the creation story.

June 19, 2023
Classical Music, Orchestral
Live Review

Review: River (Australian Chamber Orchestra)

The beautiful and shocking secrets of our rivers are conveyed through a spellbinding marriage of film and music.

October 16, 2022
Opera
Live Review

Review: Siegfried (Melbourne Opera)

An excellent cast and orchestra showcased Wagner’s rich score in this one-off concert of the third opera in his Ring Cycle.

September 26, 2022
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: Arms of Love (The Song Company)

The Song Company’s Arms of Love is a revelation in musical programming, breaking all the rules of performing old music and arriving somewhere truly exhilarating.

September 3, 2022
Opera
Live Review

Review: Acis & Galatea (Genesis Baroque)

Relocating the action to a 21st-century school caused confusion at times, but it was still a joy to see this fine independent company performing with such commitment.

July 15, 2022
Opera
Live Review

Review: The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (IOpera and Melbourne Opera)

Melbourne Opera and IOpera present a rollicking co-production of Kurt Weill's and Bertolt Brecht's rarely staged satirical three-act opera.

May 2, 2022
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: St Matthew Passion (Melbourne Bach Choir)

The assured quality of Melbourne Bach Choir's performance belied the many pandemic-induced obstacles and sheer hard work it took to get there.

April 18, 2022
Classical Music, Film, Orchestral
features

River Deep, Mountain High

How the Australian Chamber Orchestra went with the flow for its latest film project.

June 28, 2021
Classical Music, Opera
Live Review

Review: Macbeth (Melbourne Opera)

The little company that could makes an impressive contribution to Melbourne’s merry month of Verdi.

May 19, 2021
Classical Music, Opera
news

Melbourne Opera enters virtual reality

When Melbourne Opera performs Macbeth next month audiences can see it live at the theatre, via a regular livestream or in 8K 3D via VR headsets.

April 23, 2021

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