On the Record: May 2024
A Frenchwoman’s resurrected Faust is Recording of the Month alongside an opera-fest that includes Kaufmann’s Parsifal. Smetana, Stravinsky, Debussy and Rózsa also feature.
A Frenchwoman’s resurrected Faust is Recording of the Month alongside an opera-fest that includes Kaufmann’s Parsifal. Smetana, Stravinsky, Debussy and Rózsa also feature.
In the Awards’ 60th year, six young Australian artists win opportunities to work in some of the world's most esteemed opera houses.
This month’s performance highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.
"It is what I burn for, it is what I breathe." A new documentary, Knowing the Score, brings the audience up to date with conductor Simone Young.
Our critics have scrutinised 50 outstanding discs released in the past 12 months for the annual Limelight Recording of the Year.
Tristan und Isolde navigate troubled waters for Vienna State Opera.
An accidental head injury fells the great Slovak coloratura, whose career spanned more than 50 years.
Vienna’s top trio of Verdians makes this Ballo one for keeps.
Clive Paget recommends a week with the Vienna State Opera, Glyndebourne's Vanessa, and asks who's afraid of Arnold Schoenberg?
The company’s new system caters to patrons from around the world, but how long before we see something similar in Australia? Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
The principal clarinettist of the Vienna Philharmonic, and father to a clarinet dynasty, has died unexpectedly at age 62. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
The tenor was left twiddling his thumbs when the Romanian soprano missed her cue during the Vienna State Opera’s Tosca.
Dominique Meyer defends himself in a candid interview with an Austrian magazine.