Traumatised by the Second World War, my Italian nonno [grandfather] found peace working in his suburban Australian veggie patch while blasting opera out the back window. We weren’t a musical family, ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. The word 'iconic' — well it's massively overused, isn't it? You see it everywhere from YouTube ads to ...

The classical opera Carmen has become a popular fixture in concert halls worldwide and is often hailed as the ultimate "femme fatale." But a group of Australian women are changing the face of Carmen ...

Why do we focus on the bad news stories about cuts and crises in classical music ? Musicians are doing incredible things to engage, support and sustain us; we should tell those stories too When did ...

Detroit's Music Hall will launch a new Classic Opera Series, its first in more than 30 years. The series premieres on Feb. 28, 2026, with a concert production of Puccini's 'Turandot'. The performance ...

During 2007, musicOMH.com has reviewed over 60 operas and something like 120 concerts. In addition, there have been interviews with many star singers including Simon Keenlyside, Gerald Finley, Philip ...

This was the last night of Phyllida Lloyd’s classic production of Puccini’s tearjerker – now it goes on tour to Newcastle’s Theatre Royal, Salford Quay’s Lowry and Nottingham’s Theatre Royal. If ...

“Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow.” The opening words of Macbeth’s famous soliloquy come to life this weekend as three performances of a combined opera, ballet and classical music production based ...