Melissa Lesnie talks to Jane Sheldon about her experiences singing the music of a contemporary music legend. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The Renaissance Players do folk and pop from Medieval times to the 1970s, in ‘British Birds, Beasts and Bards’. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

How the countertenor, who started out as an actor, found his voice singing baroque opera’s shadier characters. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

His atmospheric fountains, pines and festivals still regularly enthral concert audiences worldwide, but Respighi was not simply a three-hit wonder.

The Adelaide Festival’s new music micro-festival looks set to break a few more moulds than usual. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Australia’s international star composer discusses music, his relationship with the past, and his plans for the future. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Australia’s top coloratura sings Mozart and talks training, top notes, bel canto, bosoms and Bonynge. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The Sitkovetsky trio prove three will be company when it comes to Carl Vine’s 60th birthday gift to Musica Viva. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Sydney Dance Co’s AD used to chose Madonna over flamenco, but nowadays it’s classical that sets his toes tapping. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

What was cooking (and what was dished up cold) during the first week of Adelaide’s Fringe Festival. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Spirits were high – and so too were the seats at Musica Viva’s first Tweet Seat concert. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Covent Garden’s Tsar brings Eugene Onegin to Australia and talks Tchaikovsky, childhood and the future of opera. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in