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Curtain Call: Joan Sutherland

Peter Conrad

With the connivance of an airline official, her husband Richard Bonynge had caught the first flight out to London; the diva was left behind...

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La Travesty: Opera Australia’s Troubles

Gideon Haigh

When Martin retired in January, after a 45-year career, it was with all passion spent. The voice of Wagner's Hans Sachs and Wotan was as...

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Sing Out Loud, Sing Out Strong: Opera in Australia

Peter Craven

It's an odd business, a night at the opera. You know, if you like the diversion, that you are basking in the glow of an artistic...

'Flight and Here Lies Love' at the Adelaide Festival of Arts

Dennis Altman

The program of almost any major opera company reveals a repertoire largely unchanged for over a century: there are more likely to be...

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