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Emma Nightingale to sing in an opera “audiences identify with”

March 25, 2019

BY ALISON PARIS Opera Queensland is opening its 2019 season with John Adams’ A Flowering Tree – a fantastic tale of a young peasant woman […]

Annika Hinrichs is headlining a ridiculous intergalactic space opera

March 15, 2019

BY ALISON PARIS It’s not every day you get to sing Verdi, Wagner, Mozart, and more in the same opera – let alone alongside a […]

WRITER LINE-UP // Alison Paris

February 25, 2019

Our second print edition is about to make its way across Australia! As we prepare, we bring you our showcase of talented emerging arts journalists […]

“It is invaluable to get young people up close to an orchestra”

November 22, 2018

BY ALISON PARIS The National Capital Orchestra, directed by Leonard Weiss, has enjoyed entertaining young audiences for years. And they’ve chosen to wrap up […]

LIVE REVIEW // Alison goes to The Magic Flute

October 16, 2018

BY ALISON PARIS The Magic Flute Brisbane City Opera, directed by Chris Clement McNee The Sideshow, West End, 29 September 2018 Mozart’s Die […]

Kathryn Marquet on writing an opera the kids will love

September 24, 2018

BY ALISON PARIS Based on the much-loved children’s poem by Edward Lear, The Owl and the Pussycat invites youngsters into the world of opera […]

LIVE REVIEW // Alison goes to see K Mak and Xani

August 29, 2018

BY ALISON PARIS K Mak + Xani Double Release Kathryn Mckee featuring Xani Kolac Spring Hill Reservoirs, 19 August Upon entering the unassuming […]

Watch the official premiere of K Mak’s latest single

August 20, 2018

BY ALISON PARIS Australian cellist Kathryn McKee embraces the intersection of art music and popular styles in her originals project K Mak. Drawing on […]