(Literally) Live Reviews // Bach in the Subways
Welcome to CutCommon’s (Literally) Live Reviews – our video review series that aims to reshape the way we think about arts criticism in Australia. Bach […]
Reviews
New voices share their experiences of live and recorded music
LIVE REVIEW // Alison checks out Opera Galactica
BY ALISON PARIS Opera GalacticaBrisbane City OperaMetro Arts, 14 March With its wonderful blend of pop culture, opera, comedy, and drama, Opera Galactica seemed to […]
LIVE REVIEW // SSO introduces classical music to kids
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF Pictures at an Exhibition (Family event)Sydney Symphony OrchestraSydney Opera House, 17 March As I line up to enter the Sydney Opera House […]
LIVE REVIEW // Carissa checks out the Melbourne Guitar Festival
BY CARISSA DYALL AlchemyAndrew Blanch and Ariel NurhadiMelbourne Guitar FestivalWyselaskie Auditorium, 9 March Alchemy: Guitar Duets from Around the World is the project of Sydney-based […]
This is what it’s like to go see Wynton Marsalis
BY MATT BODEN Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and the MSO (Nicholas Buc, conductor)Hamer Hall, 1 March It isn’t often that I […]
LIVE REVIEW // Jo goes to see Natalie Clein and Katya Apekisheva
BY JO ST LEON Natalie Clein and Katya ApekishevaMusica Viva TasmaniaHobart Town Hall, 2 March Natalie Clein and Katya Apekisheva presented a wonderfully varied program […]
Treble Helix Unlocked: The Eton Choirbook at the crossroads of the Renaissance
BY ALEX SIEGERS Treble Helix UnlockedThe Song CompanySt James, Sydney, 22 February The Eton Choirbook – a giant manuscript from Eton College Chapel – has […]
LIVE REVIEW // Jeffrey goes to The Living Dying Opera
BY JEFFREY PALMER The Living Dying Opera Ju-eh (Juecheng Chen), Hwarg (Howie Kenty), and visual artist François-Thibaut PencenatAbrons Arts Center, New York, 23 February Upon […]
LIVE REVIEW // Lydia sees Parsifal (for 4 hours)
BY LYDIA MCCLELLAND, WINNER OF THE INAUGURAL CUTCOMMON YOUNG CRITICS’ MENTORSHIP PROGRAM ParsifalVictorian Opera with the Australian Youth Orchestra and Richard Mills (conductor)Palais Theatre, 20 […]
LIVE REVIEW // Lunar New Year Celebration at the Sydney Opera House
BY WENDY ZHANG Lunar New Year Celebration Sydney Symphony Orchestra with Elim Chan (conductor); Meng Meng, Amelia Farrugia, Eva Kong (voice); and Jin Wu […]