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The world’s leading violist talks rockstar aspirations, “divorce” from his own group and bouncing back.
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Sydney SO/Thomas Adès, Pieter Wispelwey
SOH Concert Hall, May 1
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Current head of Vivid and former director of the Sydney Festival is to take over in 2015.
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On the eve of his Australian tour, bass-baritone Bryn Terfel chats intimately about Wagner, Verdi, viticulture and the NSW Golf Club.
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Acclaimed American pianist who famously self-financed her way to recorded success brings Bach's Goldberg Variations to Sydney.
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He composes, performs and conducts fiendishly difficult music with prodigious ease. What makes the British polymath tick?
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The latest SOH retrospective showcased both the Estonian wizard and the finest musicians from his hometown.
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This year’s tour to Russia, Germany and Armenia falls victim to Eurozone economic gloom.
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The gypsy is spellbinding but Bizet’s intimate tale lacks, well…intimacy in this operatic spectacular.
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Opera Australia scored a hit with last year's Traviata on the Harbour. This time it's the turn of Bizet's ultimate gypsy to try her luck.
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On the eve of its Sydney opening, Limelight catches up with the show’s award winning composer, Grant Olding.
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As Nixon In China hits Melbourne and Sydney gets a world premiere, Thomas May discovers an American composer taking more risks than ever.
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Classical magazine Diapason hurls barbs at Opera Australia’s “hideous monstrosity."
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Opera Australia’s heavyweight champion talks Falstaff, fatsuits and fad diets.
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Jonathon Biggins, Phillip Scott and Opera Australia give Orpheus in the Underworld a classy makeover.
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German hip-hop dancers break with tradition to prove that Bach is pretty fly for a dead white guy.
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The German electronic music giants are set to headline this year’s festival of sound and light.
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Warwick Fyfe’s magnificent peformance for Opera Australia proves there’s nothing wrong with new wine in old bottles.
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Simon Phillips' production for Opera Australia gets a timely revival.
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Alexander Ekman talks Duchamp, cacti and why the inner ballerina is desperate to shake it out.
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Chinese New Year celebrations kick off in style on Sydney Harbour.
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Elke Neidhardt's production for Opera Australia gets a timely revival.
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Stellar performance: this powerful orchestral odyssey does Kubrick’s genius justice.
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V for Verdi, V for Vendetta: in this dark take on dictatorship, terrorism and betrayal, everyone wears a mask.
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The Estonian Philharmonic Choir bring the deeply moving sacred music of their celebrated countryman to Australia.
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La Fura dels Baus' sinister new production makes conspiracies and regicide seem inevitable.
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Handel dons a mohawk: worlds collide in a high-fashion feast of Baroque-punk splendour.
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Alongside his Sydney Symphony appointment, the conductor's St Louis contract runs until 2016.
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Britain's queen of high fashion goes head to head with Handel for a Baroque-Punk fashion show, Sydney Festival Jan 11–15.
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The dutchman has given Sydney Festival an injection of classical music. But can he still break even at the box office?
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Opening night of this sumptuous French feast for the ears (and eyes!) at the City Recital Hall.
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The British virtuoso gave Young Performers Awards finalist Jeremy So some pointers at the piano.
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Pirates... But not as we know ‘em!
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The first major exhibition in Australia of rare works by the enigmatic post-war British painter.
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Emma Ayres launches ABC Classic's album of sensual French music for the National Gallery's blockbuster exhibition.
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Ahead of her Australian tour, the Korean diva answers Facebook and Twitter questions.
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There are high Cs on the high seas at the Sydney Theatre… but no women to sing them.
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Contemporary dance and minimal design collide with the rich, sensual sounds of the French Baroque.
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The Scottish violinist and Proms sensation makes a pitstop in Sydney to play Bach with the kids.
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Richard Tognetti and Rafael Bonachela's pas de deux sheds new light on the French Baroque.
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The iconic opera house takes the name of the legendary soprano who called it home.
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The long-serving chief executive steered the Opera through troubled times and transitions.
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Oct 3, 2012
Company B, dir Ralph Myers
Belvoir St Theatre, Upstairs
September 30, 2012
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The chic yet understated event in The Rocks brought a young, hip crowd to opera.
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Sep 24, 2012
A same-sex Marriage of Figaro among the offerings in this year's political romp.
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Sep 24, 2012
Tony Abbott as Darth Vader: just one of this year's spoofs in STC's great political satire.
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Sep 12, 2012
Cirque du Soleil’s Sydney show Ovo draws on the rich diversity of the insect world.
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Sep 11, 2012
Stunning photos of the troupe's latest gravity- and death-defying acts in Sydney.
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On their Australian tour, these young choristers are finding the power behind their pure voices.
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Sep 4, 2012
Three hot young singers, atmospheric art installations, a happening bar and the art of song.
