Bizet in suburban club? Bingo
Lost and Found Opera’s mission is to present little-known operas in non-traditional spaces.
Music
Rebirth of the cool
Australia’s biggest jazz festival began its annual 10-day fiesta featuring about 350 eclectic performers.
Creativity stirs innovation
Can the creative impetus inherent in the arts help to foster a culture of innovation in the wider economy?
Cabaret undergoes a makeover
It’s that time again. Defying the mid-June wintry blast, the Adelaide Festival Centre opens for 13 nights.
‘Singing was my one great gift’
The key to achieving enduring success in the music industry is knowing how to be a moving target, says Kate Ceberano.
Lifetime nurturing creative side
Schoolchildren are missing out on music education and the chance to grow creatively, says music advocate Richard Gill.
Arise, Sir Roderick
Raspy-voiced rocker Rod Stewart, 71, has been knighted in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
One divided by two
Singer-songwriter and Jebediah frontman Kevin Mitchell has become comfortable with his dual identity.
On the move
On the eve of Nederlands Dans Theater’s return to Melbourne, artistic director Paul Lightfoot shares his insights.
Simon’s rumble in the jungle
Paul Simon’s new album may well find an audience beyond the baby boomers who once thrilled to The Sound of Silence.
Opera’s gypsy woman
Clementine Margaine has played Carmen in opera houses around the world. Now she’s bringing her fiery alter ego here.
Riveting sketches of musician
Miles Ahead is not a cradle-to-the-grave biopic of Miles Davis but an impressionistic blending of timelines.
Lang Lang: sensitive to crass
Lang Lang is an enigma who possesses astounding technique, but questionable taste and judgment.
New chiefs to take centre stage
The arts world has been relieved of a three-part play of uncertainty with major organisations selecting their new leaders
Are ABBA back on the road?
They vowed it would never happen — but ABBA have reunited to perform together for the first time in 30 years.
Libs need to lift the curtain
Mitch Fifield has yet to announce what the Coalition has in mind for the arts sector, after the Catalyst disaster.
Songs in search of a story
Cabaret embraces transformation but it also demands a story.
Tribute to a local hero
A who’s who of veteran Australian singer-songwriters put their stamp on a richly merited tribute album.
Drums beat for music’s demise
Is Western classical music under threat?
Tune in to biotech rock
Guy Ben-Ary uses his skin cells to make music. There could be a horror movie in this.
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