Culture
Opera
Sex, death and seafood: the world of Constantine Costi
A chance encounter at 14 ignited a lifelong passion for opera in this rising young director, a member of the famous family of fishmongers.
- by Nick Galvin
Latest
Life after Lockdown
'Absolutely marvellous': There's an opera star in the garden
For vulnerable residents living in aged care facilities everywhere life under lockdown has been lonely, frightening and dull.
- by Nick Galvin
Arts
It's a socially distant Cinderella story for opera singers back at work
Victorian Opera's Cinderella will go to the ball, but only after all the doorknobs are disinfected.
- by Nick Miller
Performing arts
Opera Australia scratches entire winter season
Opera Australia has announced another round of cancellations and postponements as the coronavirus pandemic continues to devastate the arts sector.
- by Nick Galvin
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
As young artists watch their dreams vanish, our cultural democracy is in peril
Opera Australia's artistic director writes that many young artists will need to forget their dream and retrain, but he argues tax breaks could help revive the youthful adventure of the nation's cultural life.
- by Lyndon Terracini
Lunch with
Opera's history is one of misogyny: lunch with Barrie Kosky
Barrie Kosky, the radical Melbourne-born director now the darling of German opera, on misogyny, anti-Semitism and the dangers of a daytime glass of wine.
- by Nick Miller
Arts
There's nothing like a dame for easing the shutdown blues
When the world came to a halt, Opera Australia artistic director Lyndon Terracini knew he needed to keep busy.
- by Nick Galvin