Review: Exit/Exist (Gregory Maqoma, PIAF)
Celebratory and harrowing, Maqoma demands to be seen and heard.
February 13, 2017
Clive Paget
Clive Paget is a former Limelight Editor, now Editor-at-Large, and a tour leader for Limelight Arts Travel. Based in London after three years in New York, he writes for The Guardian, BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone, Musical America and Opera News. Before moving to Australia, he directed and developed new musical theatre for London’s National Theatre.
Articles by Clive Paget
Perth Festival opens with an environmental spectacular
A walk through Boorna Waanginy’s sound and light show is a deeply felt celebration of cultures and a warning for the future.
February 12, 2017
Review: The Gabriels (Public Theater, PIAF)
Unique chance to be a fly on the Gabriels' kitchen wall is not to be missed.
February 12, 2017
Review: The Dark Mirror (PIAF, WASO)
Bostridge takes us on a nightmare ride through Zender's refracted Schubert.
February 11, 2017
David Robertson on putting the ‘folk’ back into the ‘music’
The line between high falutin’ art and down and dirty folk has always been porous, says the SSO Chief. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
February 10, 2017
More evidence emerges of malpractice at Brisbane Baroque
Liquidator finds the directors withdrew large sums of money days before calling in the receivers.
February 6, 2017
Review: La Traviata (Opera Australia)
Ermonela Jaho’s tragic heroine earns a well-deserved standing ovation.
February 4, 2017
Review: Mozart 225: The New Complete Edition
The ne plus ultra of Mozart boxes: with curation like this, Amadeus’s 225th death-day box will be hard to surpass.
February 1, 2017
Review: Cabaret (David M Hawkins, Hayes Theatre)
Too much f**king and not enough fun pulls Kander and Ebb's political teeth.
February 1, 2017
Sony acquires its ‘third tenor’ in Roberto Alagna
The American label adds the French star to a stable that already includes Jonas Kaufmann and Juan Diego Flórez.
January 30, 2017
Carl Vine defends his comments on ABC live broadcasting
Musica Viva’s AD counters criticisms of factual inaccuracy from the ABC while continuing to focus on the bigger picture. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
January 30, 2017
Review: Still Life (Dimitris Papaioannou, Sydney Festival)
90 minutes in the quarry of the damned feel like just that.
January 28, 2017
Elena Kats-Chernin song launches Joan of Arc book
The composer’s seven-year-old promise, with some vocal help from Anna Dowsley, helps author Susie Bennetts. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
January 25, 2017