"Well pointed feet make a huge difference to the quality of ballet dancing and poor use of the feet prevented this Swan Lake being as strong as it might have been." MICHELLE POTTER reviews the Victorian State Ballet.
Reviewer ALANNA MACLEAN says Sophie Hutchings' Resonant Spaces performance was an unusual and rewarding evening.
"It’s all delightfully silly, but remarkably, in all the threatening chaos, WS Gilbert’s story gets told... and Arthur Sullivan’s music is respected." BILL STEPHENS reviews the wickedly silly laugh fest that's The Pirates of Penzance.
ROB KENNEDY reviews Opera's Bad Girl, Sarahlouise Owens' one-woman performance recounting the remarkable life of Victorian Diva Anna Bishop.
LEN POWER reviews Across Space and Time, a piano recital by Stuart Long of moving movie music.
"The ensemble’s dramatic approach to the work brought out a new experience of Mozart’s astonishing harmonic adventurism." NICK HORN reviews the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
"The applause grew and was sustained as the audience realised that they had just heard something quite remarkable." GRAHAM McDONALD reviews Gesualdo Tenebrae, a performance by the Luminescence Chamber Singers.
"David Bridie’s songs are observational, usually reflective, sometimes meditative, seeking the essential spirit of a scene or subject, perhaps in the same way a painter does," writes reviewer MICHAEL WILSON.
"This was a very polished and impassioned performance of a brilliantly curated set of works, which saw our CSO step up yet again to further extend its reputation." Reviewer MICHAEL WILSON enjoyed the Canberra Symphony Orchestra.
"The Moors is a deranged romp through a world that echoes the Brontes," writes reviewer ALANNA MACLEAN.
BILL STEPHENS reviews Opera Australia's production of Dido & Aeneas at Sydney Opera House.
KERRY-ANNE COUSINS reviews A Total Work of Art: Sidney Nolan and The Stage now showing at Canberra Museum and Gallery.
BILL STEPHENS reviews the surprise musical package that was Berlin Electric, performed by tenor Brad Cooper and pianist Bev Kennedy.
"Guys & Dolls is rarely seen on a football stadium-sized arena, and it could hardly match the power and the passion of grand opera on which Handa Opera was based," writes reviewer HELEN MUSA.
GRAHAM McDONALD reviews Pluckers and Scratchers, a concert performance by Apeiron Baroque at Wesley Uniting Church.
ALANNA MACLEAN reviews the Oriana Chorale's performance of music of loss, grief and healing.
The Phoenix Collective Quartet has made a fine start to the year with its American Dreams concert, says reviewer GRAHAM McDONALD.
"This production succeeded in giving a gripping theatrical experience. Rather than feeling crushed, the show concludes with uplifting sense of its possibilities." ARNE SJOSTEDT reviews The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
"The ensemble developed a strong rocking, ocean rhythm, building at the end of each movement towards a dramatic moment as the musicians together held still, frozen in time," writes NICK HORN in his first review for CityNews.
