Shower of sparks as singer serenades to the stars
The stars have aligned at an opera festival in the outback, where a star tenor has performed under a meteor shower.
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Highway to the highfalutin’: opera hits the outback
Put on your fancy pants and cowboy hats: opera's annual run through a state's outback towns is back. Just look out for flying locusts.
Pianist cancellation ‘shredded’ orchestra’s reputation
An orchestra board member and ex-government minister says he was surprised to learn a pianist's upcoming concert had been cancelled over Gaza comments.
Pianist to tour Australia amid legal row with orchestra
Concert pianist Jayson Gillham will return to Australia for a self-presented tour, as his court case against the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra continues.
Guiding light in the sky inspires musical composition
Troy Russell incorporates Indigenous stories and ideas into his compositions and his work honouring the history of Venus, or the morning star, is no different.
Didgeridoo and orchestra ensemble to harmonise culture
Didge player William Barton and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra are on a journey looking for a new generation of storytellers to create a song to country.
Barton’s unique music builds a didge between two worlds
Australia's leading didgeridoo player William Barton sees his role as a performer and a composer to tell stories through his music.
Awards flow for composer inspired by AC/DC, Vivaldi
Musician and composer William Barton, who has played didge with symphony orchestras around the world, has been honoured with two prestigious awards.
An ugly duckling’s explosive take on Swan Lake
The world's best-known ballet will take on a new life as a chaotic display of acrobatics when a circus company Circa premieres its reimagining of Swan Lake.
Cash-strapped Opera Australia singing for its supper
Opera Australia has recorded an operating loss of half a million dollars for the 2022 financial year, saying a return to surplus could take years.
Global hunt for violinist to play with Ray
Violin virtuoso Ray Chen hopes to inspire musicians by offering three amateur players the chance to perform onstage with him at the Sydney Opera House.
Sydney Symphony takes on Ring Cycle
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra will stage the first part of Wagner's Ring Cycle as an opera-in-concert as the centrepiece of its 2023 season.
Orchestra tunes up for milestone program
Those who like their musical experiences full throttle will enjoy the anniversary season of one of Australia's premier symphony orchestras.
New audiences click on to classical music
Live-streaming classical music is the way forward as pandemic success story Australian Digital Concert Hall attracts new audiences from across the country.