Rachelle Durkin was “creeped out” by this scary opera — and she sings the lead
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE We all know what it feels like to lose a little sleep. Whether we’re excited about a big commitment, or worried we’ll […]
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LIVE REVIEW // Bridget sees Stuart Skelton in Peter Grimes
BY BRIDGET O’BRIEN Peter Grimes Opera Queensland with Rory Macdonald (conductor), Stuart Skelton (heldentenor), and special guests Brisbane Festival QPAC, 22 September What’d you […]
Stuart Skelton on gang mentality and Peter Grimes
BY BRIDGET O’BRIEN UPDATE 15 JULY 2019: Stuart will revisit this role with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra this July 25 and 27. The dramatic colossus […]
PHOTOBLOG // Walk with me through Dark Mofo
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON Welcome to the darkness. In this photoblog, I take you with me into Hobart’s Dark Mofo 2018 – a winter festival defined […]
Dark Mofo’s opera will gender-swap its cast
BY CELINE CHONG Edgy. Provocative. Confronting. Young bass baritone Jeremy Kleeman has certainly stuck his foot in the door of the Australian opera scene, […]
Five LGBTQIA+ composers who’ll fill your soul with pride
BY MADELINE ROYCROFT On 14 November 2017, the YES vote won the Australian same-sex marriage postal survey. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that […]
Five LGBTQIA+ composers who’ll fill your soul with pride
BY MADELINE ROYCROFT The Australian people will soon have the chance to vote in a same-sex marriage plebiscite, challenging archaic restrictions on the rights […]
Live Review: Penny Quartet
BY ZOE BARKER Penny Quartet Australian National Academy of Music, 2 August ANAM alumni ensemble the Penny Quartet impressed a responsive audience at […]
Britten’s godson Martin Phipps on composing for the screen
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Martin Phipps may have been raised by a musical family – his godfather was Benjamin Britten, after all, and his parents acted […]