May 29, 2020
Classical Music, Opera, Opera
In Your Living Room: Opera
Clive Paget recommends modern masterpieces from the Met, Rattle’s damnable Faust, and a seven-year-old Yo-Yo.
May 29, 2020
Dance
Angela Goh receives inaugural Beyond The Studio Fellowship
The professional development program undertaken with Sydney Dance Company will position Goh for a future leadership role in the arts industry.
May 29, 2020
Film
In Your Living Room: Film and Television
In this week's column, Lynden Barber reviews the third season of Babylon Berlin, Spanish thriller Money Heist (and a spin-off doco about the series) and The Plot Against America.
May 28, 2020
Classical Music
Jessica Cottis to lead Canberra Symphony Orchestra artistic team
The CSO has announced that Cottis will be Artistic Advisor from 2021, supported by Simon Hewett as Principal Guest Conductor and Artistic Planning Manager Andy Baird.
May 28, 2020
Visual Art
First Nations Arts Awards winners announced
Alison Milyika Carroll, Djon Mundine, Thea Anamara Perkins, and Maree Clarke were among those honoured in a ceremony streamed from the Sydney Opera House.
May 28, 2020
Visual Art
In Your Living Room: Visual Arts
This week, Dr Nick Gordon explores art and celebrity in online exhibitions of Raphael, Rembrandt and Warhol.
May 27, 2020
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
COVID-19: The future of choral singing in Australia
Is it safe to sing in choirs? Does the coronavirus more quickly among singers? Lyn Williams from Gondwana Choirs and Brett Weymark from Sydney Philharmonia Choirs discuss the issues involved ahead of a second Gondwana webinar.
December 1, 2015
Classical Music
Composer of the Month: Peggy Glanville-Hicks
Rosalind Appleby explores the work of one of the 20th century’s most gregarious musical personalities
May 13, 2020
Review: Let’s Get Personal (Selby & Friends)
Despite some teething problems with the sound, this was an impressive concert with high quality playing and a fascinating pre-performance talk.
May 7, 2020
Review: PLEXUS (Melbourne Digital Concert Hall)
Outstanding performance from a truly scintillating trio.
May 6, 2020
Review: Enchanted Woodwind (Melbourne Digital Concert Hall)
A refreshing, stimulating program of 20th-century works for flute, oboe and piano.
April 25, 2020
Review: Breaking Glass (Sydney Chamber Opera)
Tonight's online premiere of four short operas by four Australian women composers is a major achievement for Australia's most inspirational modern opera company.
April 6, 2020
Review: Kristian Chong & Zoe Knighton (Melbourne Digital Concert Hall)
I bet a lot of other people were clapping enthusiastically in their lounge rooms, too, writes Clinton White.
May 29, 2020
In Your Living Room: Opera
Clive Paget recommends modern masterpieces from the Met, Rattle’s damnable Faust, and a seven-year-old Yo-Yo.
May 28, 2020
Jessica Cottis on the sound of Canberra
The Canberra Symphony Orchestra's newly appointed Artistic Advisor shares her love of her hometown and her plans for its orchestra.
May 28, 2020
Jessica Cottis to lead Canberra Symphony Orchestra artistic team
The CSO has announced that Cottis will be Artistic Advisor from 2021, supported by Simon Hewett as Principal Guest Conductor and Artistic Planning Manager Andy Baird.
May 27, 2020
COVID-19: The future of choral singing in Australia
Is it safe to sing in choirs? Does the coronavirus more quickly among singers? Lyn Williams from Gondwana Choirs and Brett Weymark from Sydney Philharmonia Choirs discuss the issues involved ahead of a second Gondwana webinar.
May 26, 2020
Melbourne Digital Concert Hall to welcome live studio audiences
The successful streaming initiative which has helped sustain local artists during the COVID-19 crisis will now invite patrons to selected performances.
May 29, 2020
In Your Living Room: Opera
Clive Paget recommends modern masterpieces from the Met, Rattle’s damnable Faust, and a seven-year-old Yo-Yo.
May 25, 2020
Review: Farinelli (Cecilia Bartoli)
Bartoli beards the most legendary of castrati in his very own baroque den.
May 25, 2020
Review: Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Rome Opera, Daniele Gatti)
Pierre Audi’s minimalist Tristan throws welcome focus on voices.
May 25, 2020
Review: Thomas: Hamlet (Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Les éléments)
Nothing rotten in this modern-dress take on Shakespeare’s Dane.
May 25, 2020
Review: Peter Eötvös: Tri Sestry (Frankfurter Opern, Dennis Russell Davies)
Three sisters, all countertenors, so what’s not to like? Read on...
May 26, 2020
In Your Living Room: Theatre and Musical Theatre
This week, Jo Litson recommends The Tap Pack filmed on the SOH's Digital Stage, James Graham's This House from NT at Home, and In the Company of Actors, the doco about STC's Hedda Gabler starring Cate Blanchett.
May 25, 2020
NSW Government unveils $50 million rescue package for the arts
The announcement, which will provide welcome relief for many in an industry devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has been overshadowed by accusations of “pork-barrelling”.
May 22, 2020
Coronavirus the Musical Musical
When a West End musical they were developing was cancelled due to COVID-19, Sean O'Boyle and Amanda Jane Pritchard set to work on a new satirical musical within a musical.
May 21, 2020
Virginia Gay on Belvoir in Concert!
Currently based in LA, the irrepressible performer tells us about the concert, the special challenge of performing in online events like this, and how her "apoca-puppy" is helping her cope with COVID-19 isolation.
May 19, 2020
Amylia Harris is Darlinghurst Theatre Company’s new Co-Artistic Director
Previously the company’s Creative Producer, Harris is positioned to help guide the theatre out of shut down.
May 29, 2020
Angela Goh receives inaugural Beyond The Studio Fellowship
The professional development program undertaken with Sydney Dance Company will position Goh for a future leadership role in the arts industry.
May 27, 2020
In Your Living Room: Dance
This week Deborah Jones enjoys some feel-good dance thanks to ABC Arts iView, including The Australian Ballet's The Merry Widow and Bangarra's Ochres.
May 20, 2020
In Your Living Room: Dance
This week Deborah Jones settles down with a glass of wine to enjoy Finnish National Ballet's A Midsummer Night's Dream, San Francisco Ballet's Romeo & Juliet, and the Mariinsky's Sleeping Beauty.
May 19, 2020
A survey finds 9 in 10 will return to cultural events – though safety measures will determine when
The Audience Outlook Monitor predicts 78% will attend as often as they did pre-COVID-19, but only 22% will return as soon as restrictions are lifted. Smaller venues are most likely to attract audiences in the near future.
May 15, 2020
Emergency relief for Australasian performers from the Tait Memorial Trust
Simone Young, tenor Paul Tabone, and Royal Ballet stars Leanne Benjamin and Steven McRae are among the Australians appearing in live streamed performances to support the Tait Emergency Relief Fund.
May 28, 2020
First Nations Arts Awards winners announced
Alison Milyika Carroll, Djon Mundine, Thea Anamara Perkins, and Maree Clarke were among those honoured in a ceremony streamed from the Sydney Opera House.
May 28, 2020
In Your Living Room: Visual Arts
This week, Dr Nick Gordon explores art and celebrity in online exhibitions of Raphael, Rembrandt and Warhol.
May 25, 2020
NSW Government unveils $50 million rescue package for the arts
The announcement, which will provide welcome relief for many in an industry devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has been overshadowed by accusations of “pork-barrelling”.
May 21, 2020
In Your Living Room: Visual Arts
This week Dr Nick Gordon looks at some excellent online projects resulting from collaboration including the Adelaide Biennial, Google Art's Vermeer Project, and Behind the Scenes at London's National Gallery.
May 20, 2020
State galleries begin to reopen
The Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Art Gallery of South Australia will reopen their doors in June following their temporary closure due to COVID-19.
May 25, 2020
Review: Farinelli (Cecilia Bartoli)
Bartoli beards the most legendary of castrati in his very own baroque den.
May 25, 2020
Review: Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Rome Opera, Daniele Gatti)
Pierre Audi’s minimalist Tristan throws welcome focus on voices.
May 25, 2020
Review: Thomas: Hamlet (Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Les éléments)
Nothing rotten in this modern-dress take on Shakespeare’s Dane.
May 25, 2020
Review: Peter Eötvös: Tri Sestry (Frankfurter Opern, Dennis Russell Davies)
Three sisters, all countertenors, so what’s not to like? Read on...
May 25, 2020
Review: Facce d’Amore (Jakub Józef Orliński)
That’s Amore: Orliński paints a loved-up musical portrait.
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