LIVE REVIEW // Jeffrey goes to The Living Dying Opera
BY JEFFREY PALMER The Living Dying Opera Ju-eh (Juecheng Chen), Hwarg (Howie Kenty), and visual artist François-Thibaut PencenatAbrons Arts Center, New York, 23 February Upon […]
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Yasmin Arkinstall is the star of a new one-woman opera about life with obsessive-compulsive disorder
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Operatic mezzo soprano Yasmin Arkinstall is a mental health advocate and artist with obsessive-compulsive disorder — and she is about to star […]
Why I will always believe in opera’s future
BY STELLA JOSEPH-JARECKI We would like to welcome Stella in her first blog published with CutCommon! Many people believe opera is a ‘dead’ artform – […]
How to start your own opera company
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Reckon you can start up your own performance company? Do it. Why not? This “let’s just do it” attitude was adopted […]
Getting to know opera composer Jonathan Dove
BY LOUISE CROSSEN From full-scale operas to chamber operas, operas for TV to music for community choirs, Jonathan Dove has done it all. The […]
Opera star Pumeza Matshikiza visits Australia
BY MADELINE ROYCROFT Pumeza Matshikiza didn’t have the luxury of an early music education. Her childhood spent in South Africa’s Eastern Cape during the final years […]
ALBUM REVIEW // Jeffrey listens to Gernot Wolfgang’s new release
BY JEFFREY PALMER Vienna and the WestGernot Wolfgang (composer)Albany Records, 2019 Gernot Wolfgang is one of those contemporary chamber music composers that pushes musical boundaries […]
Emily Sheppard is confronting ageism and invisibility through this new Tasmanian album
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE In 2021, Emily Sheppard was announced as one of the recipients of the ABC Classic Composer Commissioning Fund. The Tasmanian composer and […]
The beautiful story of how your violin is made
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) If you’re a string player, have you ever wondered how your instrument is made? Sure, you […]
In conversation with Australian soprano Jessica Blunt
BY JOSEPH ASQUITH, LEAD WRITER (EDUCATION) Australian soprano Jessica Blunt has made her dream of taking her career to London a reality – all the […]