The big guns are out this month with box sets from Decca and DG, but other labels have plenty on offer, including an outstanding vocal recital from Nicky Spence.

Should Victorian-era melodrama give way to deeper explorations of the author's intent in staging legacy operas?

What have our opera and dance companies programmed this year?

The two British pianists talk about Limelight’s 2021 Chamber Recording of the Year.

Why Barrie Kosky’s strange, dreamlike staging of The Golden Cockerel is unlike any other production of Rimsky-Korsakov’s final opera.

In this month's opera column, Greg Eldridge explores the dichotomy that has emerged between purists who loved traditionalist productions and lovers of modernist regietheater.

The Ukrainian-born pianist talks about returning to live performance and his love of the Romantics ahead of his upcoming Sydney recital.

A glimpse of what opera could become post-COVID, as the artform embraces drive-ins, livestreams, virtual reality and digitally augmented live performances.

A glimpse of what opera could become post-COVID, as the artform embraces drive-ins, livestreams, virtual reality and digitally augmented live performances.

Given his great success in the West, why did Prokofiev return to the grip of Stalin in the USSR? Daniel Jaffé offers an explanation.

Finding his feet in his newly adopted country, the Russian composer was game for anything.

In his final film and television column, Lynden Barber finds rich pickings on Netflix, Stan and SBS On Demand.