Can music make you sick? New report says yes
A study by Help Musicians UK suggests 71% of musicians suffer anxiety and 69% experience depression.
November 2, 2016
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
Nina Stemme: “I thought I had an ugly voice”
She didn’t buy the dramatic repertoire for many years, but these days many consider the Wagnerian soprano of our time. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
November 2, 2016
Alban Gerhardt: “We can’t just play music by dead composers”
The cellist is playing Dvořák with the MSO, but consider him as dwelling in the past at your peril. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
November 1, 2016
Met cancels Rossini performance after man sprinkles ashes in pit
The matinee of Guillaume Tell was abandoned following an incident initially thought to be a terrorist act.
October 30, 2016
Review: The Eighth Wonder (Opera Australia, IFAC Handa)
A must see, site-specific one-off that lifts the spirits and justifies an art form.
October 28, 2016
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Armfield and Healy’s first Adelaide Festival scores a palpable hit
The Schaubühne’s Richard III and a Floating Palais headline an “every one’s a winner” festival. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
October 27, 2016
Wesley Enoch launches a distinctive first Sydney Festival
Shakespeare in Russian, nudes alive and Rautavaara remembered come out of some diverse artistic conversations.
October 26, 2016
Review: A Little Lunch Music (Guitar Trek)
★★★★☆ Fantastic four wander the globe from Latin America to home. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
October 21, 2016
Review: Untamed (Sydney Dance Company)
★★★★☆ Bonachela’s company brings out the beast in man, and the man in the beast. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
October 20, 2016
Jaap van Zweden to lead the HK Phil Down Under next year
Leading Dutch maestro, and incoming Music Director of the NY Phil, brings Mahler and Mozart to Sydney and Melbourne.
October 18, 2016
Rembrandts and a Vermeer to head Art Gallery of NSW 2017
Curated stories of home and away mingle with special focuses on Warhol, women and watercolours.
October 18, 2016
How to climb an operatic Everest? Cast a Diva
Antonio Pappano talks about Bellini’s Norma, and tackling the post-Netrebko pinnacle of the bel canto with Sonya Yoncheva. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
October 18, 2016
Avi Avital: old-school upringing meets brand new passions
The Israeli virtuoso talks all things mandolin, image problems and purifying where the Nazis determined the Final Solution. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
October 13, 2016