May 7, 2011
Mothers in music: a classical Mother’s Day celebration
Joan Sutherland, Beniamino Gigli and Itzhak Perlman feature in our Mother’s Day tribute.
April 28, 2011
Farewell to American composer Peter Lieberson (1946-2011)
The husband and collaborator of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson has died of cancer.
April 19, 2011
Chinese-American opera wins Pulitzer Prize
Zhou Long’s Madame White Snake honoured for its cross-cultural take on ancient legend.
April 14, 2011
Classical Music: a history according to YouTube
An educational and eclectic tour of music from the middle ages to today illustrated with clips from YouTube.
April 12, 2011
Yin and yang in Cheryl Barker Archibald portrait
An Eastern-style painting of the Australian soprano is a finalist in this year’s Archibald Prize.
April 12, 2011
On the road with Stuart Skelton
We catch up with the Australian tenor in New York for his Metropolitan Opera debut.
April 11, 2011
Legendary Australian opera singer Donald Shanks dies of heart attack
The operatic community in Australia and abroad is mourning the loss of bass-baritone Don Shanks, who passed away on Friday.
April 11, 2011
Juan Diego Florez delivers his firstborn minutes before singing at the Met
The famed tenor assisted in the birth of his son with Australian wife Julia… then rushed on stage.
April 8, 2011
Legendary Aussie tenor honoured by the Paris Opera
Listen to a track from the Australian tenor who sang with Sutherland and Callas, dazzling Europe in the 1960s
March 31, 2011
Breaking news: Puccini’s long-lost “Australian” opera surfaces
The monumental discovery of an unfinished score reveals a composer fascinated with the exoticism of the land down under.
March 31, 2011
Dame Joan classics and new Australian productions launch international opera label
Opera Australia will be the first company represented in a series of new CDs and DVDs.
March 31, 2011
Welsh tenor and Opera Australia guest artist Robert Tear has died
Moffatt Oxenbould pays tribute to the singer admired for his work with Neil Armfield and Richard Hickox.
March 28, 2011
Star Australian tenor forced to withdraw from Girl of the Golden West
Opera Queensland has announced Julian Gavin is unable to perform due to prolonged illness.
