March 18, 2019
Sydney Cabaret Festival announced
Trevor Ashley began his career at the Sydney Cabaret Convention. Now he is launching a new cabaret festival with Jennifer Holliday as one of the stars.
March 18, 2019
Review: Romeo and Juliet (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)
Conductor Diego Matheuz provides confident leadership in this consistently entertaining concert.
March 18, 2019
Review: Season Opening Gala (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
A well-played concert but a missed opportunity to send a strong message of artistic intent.
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 18, 2019
Review: Mozart Symphony No 40 (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
Siobhan Stagg, Asher Fisch and WASO fire on all cylinders in this unusual program.
March 18, 2019
Rising Star: Violinist Dindin Wang
The 13-year-old winner of Melbourne radio station 3MBS’s The Talent Season 2 2018 tells us about how she deals with nerves before a performance, her favourite music and her dreams for the future.
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 18, 2019
Review: Romeo and Juliet (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)
Conductor Diego Matheuz provides confident leadership in this consistently entertaining concert.
March 18, 2019
Review: Season Opening Gala (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
A well-played concert but a missed opportunity to send a strong message of artistic intent.
March 18, 2019
Review: Mozart Symphony No 40 (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
Siobhan Stagg, Asher Fisch and WASO fire on all cylinders in this unusual program.
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 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.
March 18, 2019
Review: Soundscape (Capella de la Torre/Katharina Bäuml)
Music from the time of Leonardo performed with plenty of genius.
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 4, 2019
Adelaide Festival announces major partnership with the Aix-en-Provence Festival
The two will produce and co-commission major opera productions to be seen in Adelaide over the next three years.
March 18, 2019
Sydney Cabaret Festival announced
Trevor Ashley began his career at the Sydney Cabaret Convention. Now he is launching a new cabaret festival with Jennifer Holliday as one of the stars.
March 16, 2019
Review: My Leonard Cohen (Adelaide Fringe)
D'Arietta's Cohen was a safe, satisfying journey rather than a ride.
March 15, 2019
Review: Spamalot (One Eyed Man Productions, Hayes Theatre Co)
The cast give it their all, but the sketchy show is no musical holy grail. Still, it’s a lot of fun.
March 14, 2019
Review: Every Brilliant Thing (Belvoir St Theatre)
Kate Mulvany is brilliant in this raw but heartfelt, life-affirming show.
March 7, 2019
Review: The Miser (Bell Shakespeare)
Justin Fleming's writing is ingenious, but a pacier, more energetic production would heighten the play's impact.
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 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.
January 22, 2019
Reimagining Bach at the NGV
Pianist Nicole Tj and violinist Thomas Lo, co-founders of anon., tell us about their 18-week music series, Bach X Reimagined, inspired by the National Gallery of Victoria's Escher x nendo exhibition.
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.
March 18, 2019
Review: Soundscape (Capella de la Torre/Katharina Bäuml)
Music from the time of Leonardo performed with plenty of genius.
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