http://www.crikey.com.au now with extra source Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/11/nothing-changes-in-opera-and-nobody-seems-to-care/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/11/nothing-changes-in-opera-and-nobody-seems-to-care/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:17:06 +0000 Ben Eltham http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=258628 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/11/nothing-changes-in-opera-and-nobody-seems-to-care/feed/ 25 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2011/04/27/review-macbeth-state-theatre-melbourne/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2011/04/27/review-macbeth-state-theatre-melbourne/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:32:53 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=219762 Jason Whittaker. ]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2011/04/27/review-macbeth-state-theatre-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2011/04/17/review-la-boheme-state-theatre-melbourne/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2011/04/17/review-la-boheme-state-theatre-melbourne/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2011 23:05:59 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=218283 La Bohème is in the top few most performed operas in the world -- and new productions come at considerable financial and artistic risk. Luckily the Opera Australia latest is a great one.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2011/04/17/review-la-boheme-state-theatre-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2011/03/22/review-partenope-opera-theatre-sydney/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2011/03/22/review-partenope-opera-theatre-sydney/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:47:18 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=212344 Partenope hardly rates as one of the most famous operas of all time, but it's definitely one of the most fun. And Opera Australia has given it a whole new lease of life, says Lloyd Bradford Syke.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2011/03/22/review-partenope-opera-theatre-sydney/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/01/daily-proposition-see-opera-up-close-for-less/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/01/daily-proposition-see-opera-up-close-for-less/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:58:48 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=206561 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/01/daily-proposition-see-opera-up-close-for-less/feed/ 3 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2011/01/04/2010-on-stage-the-best-and-worst-from-melbourne/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2011/01/04/2010-on-stage-the-best-and-worst-from-melbourne/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 05:49:45 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=195252 Jason Whittaker names his top picks from the Melbourne stage in 2010.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2011/01/04/2010-on-stage-the-best-and-worst-from-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/03/opera-float-national-company-looks-for-new-harbour-side-fans/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/03/opera-float-national-company-looks-for-new-harbour-side-fans/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 02:41:49 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=190441 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/03/opera-float-national-company-looks-for-new-harbour-side-fans/feed/ 0 http://www.marcuswestbury.net/2010/09/15/where-australia-council-funding-goes-0910-version/ http://www.marcuswestbury.net/2010/09/15/where-australia-council-funding-goes-0910-version/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 05:23:25 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=172454 combined. Marcus Westbury breaks down the Australia Council arts funding fiasco.]]> http://www.marcuswestbury.net/2010/09/15/where-australia-council-funding-goes-0910-version/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/28/daily-proposition-see-a-cowboy-opera-or-some-traditional-mozart/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/28/daily-proposition-see-a-cowboy-opera-or-some-traditional-mozart/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:16:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=158167 Lloyd Bradford Syke.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/28/daily-proposition-see-a-cowboy-opera-or-some-traditional-mozart/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/07/02/review-a-little-night-music-opera-house-sydney/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/07/02/review-a-little-night-music-opera-house-sydney/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:38:01 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=150353 Lloyd Bradford Syke reviews Opera Australia's A Little Night Music.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/07/02/review-a-little-night-music-opera-house-sydney/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/10/population-planning-how-opera-producers-will-cash-in/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/10/population-planning-how-opera-producers-will-cash-in/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 03:03:03 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=136775 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/10/population-planning-how-opera-producers-will-cash-in/feed/ 3 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/19/daily-proposition-frock-up-for-the-gloriously-gothic-opera-of-tosca/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/19/daily-proposition-frock-up-for-the-gloriously-gothic-opera-of-tosca/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:49:48 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=131363 Tosca offers more sex, more sadism, more brutal police corruption than anything served up in Underbelly.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/19/daily-proposition-frock-up-for-the-gloriously-gothic-opera-of-tosca/feed/ 0 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2009/09/01/rescue-mission/ http://clubtroppo.com.au/2009/09/01/rescue-mission/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:24:33 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=83319 Fidelio, the lead is ill and the understudy interstate. Luckily, an opera diva steps in, saving the performance and possibly the boss's job.]]> http://clubtroppo.com.au/2009/09/01/rescue-mission/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/are-the-lunatics-in-charge-of-the-opera-house/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/are-the-lunatics-in-charge-of-the-opera-house/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 03:57:52 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=58001 Ned Keene.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/are-the-lunatics-in-charge-of-the-opera-house/feed/ 1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/settling-scores-after-the-death-of-richard-hickox/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/settling-scores-after-the-death-of-richard-hickox/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 03:48:27 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=55890 Ned Keene.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/settling-scores-after-the-death-of-richard-hickox/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/06/opera-australia-qld-lnp-kevin-rudd-gerard-henderson-climate-change-air-traffic-control-khmer-rouge-trials-joel-fitzgibbon-helen-liu-and-the-oz/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/06/opera-australia-qld-lnp-kevin-rudd-gerard-henderson-climate-change-air-traffic-control-khmer-rouge-trials-joel-fitzgibbon-helen-liu-and-the-oz/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:42:41 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=50400 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/06/opera-australia-qld-lnp-kevin-rudd-gerard-henderson-climate-change-air-traffic-control-khmer-rouge-trials-joel-fitzgibbon-helen-liu-and-the-oz/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/opera-australia-in-shifty-agm-lock-down/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/opera-australia-in-shifty-agm-lock-down/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:11:06 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=49865 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/opera-australia-in-shifty-agm-lock-down/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/23/opera-australia-new-panel-is-cosmetic/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/23/opera-australia-new-panel-is-cosmetic/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000 Crikey Fiona Janes addresses Opera Australia issues in a letter to Chairman Ziggy Zwitkowski.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/23/opera-australia-new-panel-is-cosmetic/feed/ 6 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/08/letter-to-opera-australia/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/08/letter-to-opera-australia/#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000 Crikey concerned Opera Australia subscriber.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/08/letter-to-opera-australia/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/21/opera-australia-does-its-bit-for-the-smh-arts-pages/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/21/opera-australia-does-its-bit-for-the-smh-arts-pages/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000 Crikey Nicholas Pickard.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/21/opera-australia-does-its-bit-for-the-smh-arts-pages/feed/ 2 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/25/tips-and-rumours/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/25/tips-and-rumours/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:00:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/25/tips-and-rumours/feed/ 0