The show must go on: Opera Australia’s last minute saviourIt’s a dramatic story, fit for the stage. On closing night of Opera Australia’s Fidelio, the lead is ill and the understudy interstate. Luckily, an opera diva steps in, saving the performance and possibly the boss’s job.
Opera Australia
Are the lunatics in charge of the Opera House?
Opera Australia’s latest attempt to divert attention from its losses, its antediluvian board, its abysmal standards and cavalier attitude towards artists is to announce nation-wide auditions for singers, writes Ned Keene.
Settling scores after the death of Richard Hickox
The death of Opera Australia musical director Richard Hickox produced a range of responses, writes Ned Keene.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: PETA applauds Rudd’s vegetarian stance
Mr Rudd may have spit the dummy on a RAAF flight at the prospect of having his diet derailed by a fatty meat meal, but who wouldn’t? writes PETA’s Alistair Cornell.
Opera Australia in shifty AGM lock-down
Our national opera company continues to behave like a naughty adolescent instead of a mature adult of 50.
Opera Australia: new panel is “cosmetic”
Singer Fiona Janes addresses Opera Australia issues in a letter to Chairman Ziggy Zwitkowski.
Letter to Opera Australia
Mrs Hickox’s fame as a singer would appear to be closely linked to her husband while her recording high-point is quoted as a Gilbert and Sullivan role rather than an operatic one, writes a concerned Opera Australia subscriber.
Opera Australia does its bit for the SMH arts pages
If you think the Brits’ inferiority complex in sport was bad, you should see what’s going on in the world of opera, writes Nicholas Pickard.
Tips and rumours
A mate is a Flight Officer with Air New Zealand, he was operating their service HKG-LHR the same day as the British Airways crash and was just a bit behind BAW37, he says it was the coldest he’s seen up high with the OAT at -57. Their fuel temp got to -43, well below the […]
