Make your move: Lotte Betts-Dean, London
BY ELEANOR WOOD, SERIES COORDINATOR Moving to another country as an artist is a bit like performance itself: exciting, terrifying, exhausting, and hopefully beautiful. As […]
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Peter Coleman-Wright: Singing, spontaneity, and social protest
BY ELEANOR WOOD, LONDON CORRESPONDENT Peter Coleman-Wright has taken on many of the great baritone roles throughout history, singing from some of the most […]
Visiting the place where it all began
BY ELEANOR WOOD Eleanor is CutCommon’s London Correspondent. The writer and performer moved from her Sydney base to London in 2017. She studied Classical Voice and […]
Handel’s Theodora: Opera for our uncertain times
ELEANOR WOOD Pinchgut Opera Handel’s Theodora City Recital Hall, 1 December Handel’s Theodora was panned by critics upon its premiere, but is now known […]
Bringing back the mandolin with Avital
BY ELEANOR WOOD Avi Avital is on a worldwide mission to bring back the mandolin. The Grammy-nominated artist has been heralded as one of […]
The perks and perils of having a ‘day job’
BY ELEANOR WOOD T.S. Eliot worked as a banker, then an editor, throughout his literary career. Philip Glass supported himself as a plumber while […]
Live Review: OA’s Cosi fan Tutte
BY ELEANOR WOOD Cosi fan Tutte Opera Australia Sydney Opera House, 25 July Sir David McVicar returns to complete his Mozart trilogy for […]