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Uncompromising theatre: Gilgamesh world premiere
A powerful work by brave innovators is a legacy for the departing Opera Australia Artistic Director.
A triptych of loss from Sydney Chamber Opera
Monodramas by Francis Poulenc, Kaija Saariaho and Jack Symonds feature in a triple bill on the themes of love, loss and absence.
Blinding ice: Finsterer's frozen Antarctica at the Sydney Festival
Gorgeous music by Mary Finsterer and an evocative setting by Elizabeth Gadsby transport you to the ends of the earth.
Britten's Canticles awakened at Sydney Chamber Opera
Luke Styles' interludes to the Canticles may not set the musical world alight in Awakening Shadow, but they provide the perfect excuse to perform Britten's remarkable works.
Pierrot Lunaire: sex and madness at the Adelaide Festival
This electic performance of Pierrot Lunaire was preceded by a clutch of contemporary Australian works (and a poem), which served to demonstrate that Schoenberg's modernity is still way ahead of the times.
The Repairing of Lucretia
The problematic nature of Britten's Rape of Lucretia is well-known: Sydney Chamber Opera's production attempts to navigate it via gender inversion.