"I would love to do a concert where I just sing female songs", says Ben Mingay, as he discusses Sondheim and finding the vulnerability in a character, ahead of starring in a musical theatre concert in Adelaide.

This month’s concert highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.

Clive Paget recommends an Australian Butterfly, a resurrected Austrian miracle and six of the best from Belgium.

In the first week of our new series, Clive Paget highlights the pick of a bumper operatic crop to watch online.

When the Hong Kong Philharmonic asked Klaus Heymann if Naxos would record its Ring cycle he thought it was “a crazed idea” but agreed anyway. We discover how the orchestra, under Jaap van Zweden, struck (Rhine)gold with the ambitious project.

Korngold may have been the greatest prodigy that ever lived, but people could be sniffy. Renaud Capuçon and David Robertson discuss his late Violin Concerto to help us understand the Viennese wunderkind and why he had little choice about going to the movies.

German-born cellist Jan Vogler tells us how a chance meeting with movie star Bill Murray on a flight from Berlin became the start of a beautiful – and productive – friendship.

Richard Wagner’s comic masterpiece explores the nature of art. As Kasper Holten’s production for Opera Australia opens in Melbourne, we examine why it's become a controversial target of revisionism in recent decades.

The soprano, who dropped the double bass for singing lessons as a teenager, talks about Puccini’s heroines, her multifaceted career, and her upcoming star turn as a mermaid.

Four years after filling in last-minute for Jaap van Zweden, the American conductor tells us about an early career that’s seen her gravitate from playing under Bernard Haitink to taking over his dressing room.

Critic Paul Selar gives us his insight into four of the operas on offer at Bayreuth this year.

The 80-year-old pianist curates his special favourites across a long career.