Freeze Frame Opera’s adaptation of Dvorak’s Rusalka has some golden comic moments but was hampered by venue limitations at its Perth Festival season, writes Rosalind Appleby, with junior reviewer Bethany Stopher.
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Cheeky chemistry, great talent
19 January 2021
Bourby Webster had goosebumps watching superb performers bringing the greats to life in Ella & Louis!.
Have baroque, will travel
26 October 2020
Performing in a brewery and private homes is one way a local baroque ensemble is finding fresh and new audiences. Ara Jansen talks to Australian Baroque to find out if they go together well.
Double the fun
2 September 2020
This month two chamber choirs are back on stage and their concerts will include a piece by young, local composer Joshua Adams. He tells Ara Jansen he’s keen to hear the differing treatments.
Suave sounds
24 August 2020
From HIP to honky-tonk; Rosalind Appleby discovers the musical breadth of the new-look Baroque ensemble HIP Company.
Delightful discovery
18 August 2020
A performance by the youthful Cygnus Arioso turns out to be just the ticket on a bleak winter’s afternoon, writes Sandra Bowdler.
Pure Handel
5 August 2020
Perth’s baroque royalty come together for this Freeze Frame Opera performance. But can you have too much Handel? Bourby Webster finds out.
Witty winter antidote
20 July 2020
Opera divas get vicious as Government House Ballroom reopens its doors. Sandra Bowdler relishes this opera parody by DivaLicious.
Lullabies and five words
15 February 2020
Bourby Webster is moved as much by Perth Festival’s Koorlangka as by Gina Williams’ determination to revive and promote Noongar language.
Music: Laurence Jackson’s Poetic Violin
11 September 2019
27 October @ Government House Ballroom · Presented by Music on the Terrace · Laurence Jackson is a violinist of international renown. After a distinguished career …