Dry River Run: Paul Dean on his first opera
The composer and clarinettist tells us about his love of dark operas, transcribing butcherbirds, and how he left home with his bags unpacked.
The composer and clarinettist tells us about his love of dark operas, transcribing butcherbirds, and how he left home with his bags unpacked.
An orchestra’s 90th birthday celebration is an astonishing gift to audiences and a triumph of music making.
Opera Australia will donate 30 of Joan Sutherland’s most recognisable costumes to the nation’s largest collection of performing arts memorabilia.
Three new digital productions, William Kentridge’s Wozzeck, a new opera about Brett Whiteley, and singers including Jonas Kaufmann and Lise Lindstrom.
Four sopranos and a baritone will compete for the $30,000 Marianne Mathy Scholarship.
With a song penned by The Don, Bradman is bringing it home.
Simon Phillips' entertaining production of The Turk in Italy gives Rossini's comedy plenty of sparkle.
From sublime singing to ridiculously good comedy, this new production is the next big step up for a small opera company.
The Magic Flute from Berlin’s Komische Oper in which singers interact with stunning animations is coming to the 2019 Perth and Adelaide Festivals.
An uneven presentation of this comedy from Wagner.
Ahead of his appearance as Baron Ochs in Melbourne Opera’s Der Rosenkavalier, the Australian bass discusses why the role is his very favourite.
Over the past two decades, Australian Heldentenor Stuart Skelton has quietly conquered the operatic world. He reveals how he discovered he wasn’t vocally bulletproof, and admits to an ambition to run an opera house.
Erin Helyard gives us masterworks from Monteverdi and Vivaldi, as well as two recitals with an Australian premiere to whet the appetite.