"Can a piece of music be considered a valuable treasure? The question was answered in Selby & Friends' latest concert, Jewels in the Crown," writes reviewer ROB KENNEDY.
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"Attracted by the promise that Gray would sing every song from the On How Life Is album, the audience seemed to know every lyric of every song, whenever invited to sing along, which was often." BILL STEPHENS reviews the Macy Gray concert.
In the international art world, Gauguin is a box-office hit. How do galleries balance Gauguin commercial success with heightened public sensitivity to issues of gender, race and colonial appropriation, asks book reviewer COLIN STEELE.
"Frightening, imaginative and enjoyable at the same time." LEN POWER reviews the creepy play The Woman in Black.
"For anyone open to a challenging new approach to a favourite opera, Edward Dick’s imaginative staging should not be missed." BILL STEPHENS reviews Opera Australia's production of Tosca.
BILL STEPHENS reviews Opera Australia's production of Puccini’s Il Trittico.
ROB KENNEDY has mixed feelings in his review of the Darling Portrait Prize exhibition showing at the National Portrait Gallery.
"This was a performance that everyone involved should be proud of. They were given well-deserved, lengthy applause." LEN POWER reviews a performance of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis.
"The Mansfield Room at the Wesley Music Centre was packed out for Guitar Trek and well it might be." ALANNA MACLEAN reviews Guitar Trek.
BRIAN ROPE reviews two new exhibitions at Photo Access that, he says, share something significant.
GRAHAM McDONALD reviews the talented Ellery String Quartet's (maybe) last performance for some time.
KERRY- ANNE COUSINS reviews Gauguin’s World: Tona Iho, Tona Ao, at the National Gallery until October.
