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Ancient tales of gods and heroes and medieval Scandinavia help us make sense of things like masculinity, betrayal, revenge and the end of the world.
In many countries, helpful background information and context is offered to audiences in the accompanying program – why are Australians missing out?
If it is wrong to censure art or refuse to display it because of its content, how can it be right to shun it because of the behaviour of the artist?
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg) is a long, complex work. An ensemble performance by Opera Australia transports Wagner’s 16th-century guild of mastersingers to a modern-day men’s club.
With An Alpine Symphony, Richard Strauss achieved something remarkable: the painting of the German alps, complete with cow meadows and waterfalls, in sound.
The Scottish capital is reopening a well kept secret: one of the world’s finest collections of vintage sound machines.
Donald Trump has been accused of using a ‘fascist’ Puccini aria at rallies. But labelling this music as fascist is deeply problematic.
3D goggles might be commonplace at the cinema, but few associate the opera with digital technology, or would ever expect to wear 3D goggles in a theatre. A new production of The Flying Dutchman, created…
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Principal Fellow and Professor of Music, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Director, Deakin Motion.Lab, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer, Deakin Research Innovations, Deakin University
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Professor of Music, City, University of London
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Professor and Tutorial Fellow in English, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Music, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Jan Smuts Professor of International Relations and Director of the African Centre for the Study of the United States (ACSUS), University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer in Musicology, University of Sydney
