Kosky’s baroque extravaganza could power SA’s electricity grid for a month.

Neil Armfield’s staging won five-star reviews, but staging it in the Australian landscape takes it to new level. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The British conductor talks about the importance of mystery in his new Elgar disc, Limelight’s Recording of the Month. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Trifonov storms the heavens in an evening of young men's masterpieces.

The Australian maestro will bring the expat supergroup together with ANAM students in Melbourne this July. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The Australian mezzo soprano has been dropped from OA’s Parsifal for reasons that at present remain a mystery. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Here is a true labour of love: a history of Australian singers on record from the Nellie Melba generation to that of Sutherland and beyond. Music historian Roger Neill and recording expert Tony Locantro have spent 13 long years bringing this project to fruition, and the results – presented by Decca Eloquence on a four disc set – are fascinating. “Why has there been such an extraordinary procession of world-class Australian singers over such an extended period of time?” ask the producers. While providing no exact answers, this comprehensive survey includes some 80 wonderful singers in a wide range of musical genres, from opera to music hall and from art song to popular. Lovingly restored and remastered from original sources, many of these recordings are rare to downright obscure, and many names will be rediscoveries for even those who thought they knew the history of Aussie singers on record. The set begins with the eight Australians who are known to have been pupils of the great European singing teacher Madame Mathilde Marchesi. Ada Crossley, Amy Castles and Evelyn Scotney stand out, but the finest has to be Frances Alda who duets here with Caruso and whose In quelle… Continue reading…

Szymanowski’s magnum opus was seen by many as a box office risk, but ended up exceeding its budget. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

A surprising branch of Alexander Briger’s family tree sees his Moscow opera engagement turn into a media frenzy.

Simon Russell Beale’s Prospero really is such stuff as dreams are made on.

An attractive concert of chamber favourites kicks off Omega's year.

Vengerov launches Robertson's fourth season with a touch of Russian fire.