Performer: West Australian Symphony Orchestra

Wonderful singing, orchestral playing and staging make for a successful performance of Tchaikovsky's opera, with some reservations about the production.

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Eroica: Riccardo Minasi and the WASO

Jenna Smith, Riccardo Minasi and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra © Riccardo Minasi

Sandra Bowdler, 11 Apr

Guest conductor Riccardo Minasi leads the West Australian Symphony Orchestra with a program of old favourites, with outstanding contribution from trumpeter Jenna Smith

***11

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The Trial marks an impressive return for Perth’s Lost and Found

Lachlan Higgins (Josef K) and Rachelle Durkin (Fräulein Bürstner/Leni) © Chris Canato

Sandra Bowdler, 18 Feb

Philip Glass and Christopher Hampton's operatic version of Kafka’s The Trial captures the essence of the book and this production does justice to the opera and its origin

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Elegant Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations from Li-Wei Qin in Perth

Li-Wei Qin and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra © Rebecca Mansell

Sandra Bowdler, 21 Nov

Cellist Li-Wei Qin plays Tchaikovsky with a fantastically in-form West Australian Symphony Orchestra, in a programme with other works by Mozart and Wagner.

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Superb performance of Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony in Perth

Asher Fisch conducts the West Australian Symphony Orchestra © Rebecca Mansell

Sandra Bowdler, 10 Okt

The West Australian Symphony Orchestra precedes Dvořák with equally well rendered works by Kodály and Bartók as the orchestra comes to grips with performing in a less than ideal venue.

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Siren Calls: West Australian SO sets sail

Asher Fisch conducts the West Australian Symphony Orchestra © Daniel James Grant

Sandra Bowdler, 29 Aug

An impressive new work by Paul Stanhope, Mahāsāgar (the Indian Ocean) is well sung and played by the WASO choir and orchestra with soloists Sara Macliver and Andrew Goodwin, alongside some oceanic favourites

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