March 25, 2019
Review: Madness & Confrontation (Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra)
With these high-energy performances, ARCO's 2019 season is off to an exciting start.
March 25, 2019
Review: Carmen In The Square (State Opera of South Australia)
A back-to-basics Carmen successfully staged outdoors.
March 25, 2019
Shuan Hern Lee to represent Australia at the Cliburn
We caught up with the 16-year-old pianist, who will compete against 23 pianists from around the world in the 2019 Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition in Dallas.
March 25, 2019
Review: Muriel’s Wedding the Musical (Global Creatures)
A star is born in this clever adaptation of a beloved Australian film.
March 25, 2019
Catching up with Erin Helyard
Returning to Sydney to take on a more dedicated role as AD of Pinchgut Opera, Helyard talks the company’s first concert of the season, his wish-list operas, and what he’s been up to in the recording studio.
March 25, 2019
Thirty years of reading on the radio
We speak to Colin Stephenson, who is celebrating three decades volunteering for the radio reading service at 2RPH.
March 25, 2019
Review: Animal Farm (State Theatre Company South Australia)
An intimate, Herculean one-man revolution.
March 25, 2019
Tuning into the Bauhaus
April 1 marks the centenary of the founding of the Bauhaus, arguably the most important school of art and design of the 20th century. Though not on its curriculum, music influenced the Bauhaus style, and vice versa.
March 25, 2019
Review: Madness & Confrontation (Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra)
With these high-energy performances, ARCO's 2019 season is off to an exciting start.
March 25, 2019
Review: Carmen In The Square (State Opera of South Australia)
A back-to-basics Carmen successfully staged outdoors.
March 25, 2019
Review: Muriel’s Wedding the Musical (Global Creatures)
A star is born in this clever adaptation of a beloved Australian film.
March 25, 2019
Review: Animal Farm (State Theatre Company South Australia)
An intimate, Herculean one-man revolution.
March 23, 2019
Review: West Side Story (Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, Opera Australia)
A traditional but superbly staged production that transcends the rain and some dated elements.
March 25, 2019
Review: Madness & Confrontation (Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra)
With these high-energy performances, ARCO's 2019 season is off to an exciting start.
March 25, 2019
Review: Carmen In The Square (State Opera of South Australia)
A back-to-basics Carmen successfully staged outdoors.
March 25, 2019
Shuan Hern Lee to represent Australia at the Cliburn
We caught up with the 16-year-old pianist, who will compete against 23 pianists from around the world in the 2019 Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition in Dallas.
March 25, 2019
Catching up with Erin Helyard
Returning to Sydney to take on a more dedicated role as AD of Pinchgut Opera, Helyard talks the company’s first concert of the season, his wish-list operas, and what he’s been up to in the recording studio.
March 25, 2019
Thirty years of reading on the radio
We speak to Colin Stephenson, who is celebrating three decades volunteering for the radio reading service at 2RPH.
March 25, 2019
Review: Carmen In The Square (State Opera of South Australia)
A back-to-basics Carmen successfully staged outdoors.
March 15, 2019
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Tang Xianzu: the playwright’s Big Four
Award-winning Chinese baritone and President of the Shanghai Conservatory Changyong Liao tells us about the 'Shakespeare of the East' ahead of performances in Sydney and Melbourne.
March 8, 2019
Simon O’Neill on his Distant Beloved
The Kiwi Heldentenor, one of the leading Wagnerians of his generation, talks about his new album of German lieder, his idol Fritz Wunderlich, his new opera role, and “commuting” from New Zealand.
March 6, 2019
Opera Australia to perform at Uluru for the first time
Opera Australia stars including soprano Lorina Gore and tenor Diego Torre will perform a sunset concert of opera highlights in November.
March 5, 2019
Lauren Fagan to represent Australia in BBC’s Cardiff Singer of the World
The rising star soprano is one of 20 finalists in this year's prestigious competition, which launched the careers of Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Bryn Terfel.
March 25, 2019
Review: Muriel’s Wedding the Musical (Global Creatures)
A star is born in this clever adaptation of a beloved Australian film.
March 25, 2019
Review: Animal Farm (State Theatre Company South Australia)
An intimate, Herculean one-man revolution.
March 23, 2019
Review: West Side Story (Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, Opera Australia)
A traditional but superbly staged production that transcends the rain and some dated elements.
March 20, 2019
My Music: Lucy Durack
For the musical theatre star, who starred in the Australian productions of Wicked and Legally Blonde, it was Johnny Young Talent Time and passionate teachers who ignited the singing and dancing flame.
March 19, 2019
What will it take to open Sydney’s Theatre Royal?
With the NSW government and opposition both voicing their support for the venue's reopening, we speak to Trafalger's Tim McFarlane about what happens next.
March 17, 2019
Review: Zizanie (Adelaide Festival, Meryl Tankard & Restless Dance Theatre)
A delightful, mischievous, intoxicating celebration of difference.
March 17, 2019
Review: Grand Finale (Hofesh Shechter Company, Adelaide Festival)
A deeply moving dance work about humanity’s decline.
March 14, 2019
Review: Nowhere (Stompin, Ten Days on the Island)
A work that allows contemplation of ownership and belonging; of land and waterways.
March 13, 2019
An opulent but Dangerous new ballet
Liam Scarlett is adapting the famous French novel Les Liasions Dangereuses.
March 13, 2019
Review: Make Your Own World (Lucy Guerin Inc, Dance Massive)
An intricately composed dance work featuring an intelligent cast.
March 21, 2019
Waste not, want not
The newly announced winners of the Victorian Design Challenge have come up with ingenious ways to reduce waste.
March 18, 2019
Edmund Capon has died
The highly regarded, gregarious former director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales has died at 78.
March 6, 2019
Ben Quilty: The people’s painter
A new touring exhibition surveys the last decade of the unabashedly political artist's work.
February 27, 2019
Portrait of a royal
Five dynasties make the journey from London to Bendigo this March in an exhibition about royal portraiture.
February 4, 2019
Matthew Clarke paints his way into the Adelaide Fringe
The artist, who has an intellectual disability, has a work on the cover of the Fringe brochure, on Adelaide trams, and as a city mural. He also has an exhibition in the festival.
March 20, 2019
Review: Antonio Vivaldi (Cecilia Bartoli)
Bartoli’s back with a new tribute to the Red Priest.
March 18, 2019
Review: Bach Concertos (Slava & Leonard Grigoryan, Adelaide SO/Benjamin Northey)
The Grigoryan brothers get comfortable with JS Bach.
March 18, 2019
Review: Haydn: Symphonies Vol 24 (Heidelberger Sinfoniker/Spillner)
Endless inspiration from out of the Habsburg Boondocks.
March 18, 2019
Review: Copland: Orchestral Works Volume 4 (BBC Philharmonic/John Wilson)
British forces set a new benchmark in Americana.
March 18, 2019
Review: Mahler: Symphony No 6 (MusicAeterna/Teodor Currentzis)
Currentzis maxes out Mahler though with mixed results.
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