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The centrepiece of the 2022 Adelaide Festival will be Barrie Kosky’s new production of Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Golden Cockerel, an opera the celebrated director says is weird and wonderful – part fairytale, part psychological drama and part political satire.
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The explosive action of the climactic sixth episode of the original Star Wars saga was brought to life in a mighty performance by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra as fans old and new revelled in the experience.
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It wasn’t quite what they originally planned, but the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra weaved some magic at the Town Hall last night.
The Dunstan Playhouse’s double bill of the Hussy Hicks band and solo artist Liz Stringer was really a triple given that it also featured players from the Blues and Roots Winter School. Variety and talent abounded in more than two hours of guitar delights.
The Adelaide-based Australian String Quartet has appointed Melbourne Symphony Orchestra associate principal viola Christopher Cartlidge as its new violist to replace long-time member Stephen King.
Fifty years after Black Sabbath rocked out in a Myponga cow paddock, the township is set to reclaim its place on the music map as a world-class recording hub.
Paul Capsis revels in the challenge of singlehandedly bringing a multifaceted tale to life in this extraordinary adaptation of a literary classic.
SPONSORED: The Cat Empire’s charismatic trumpet player will be mentoring and performing alongside Adelaide’s up-and-coming jazz stars for the Helpmann Academy’s A Night of Jazz.
“Remarkable music that is rarely played by orchestras was given prominence at this watershed event presented by the ASO. And it has drawn a line in the sand.
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One half of Australian plunderphonic band The Avalanches explains how music can contain snippets of a person’s being, and why harnessing their own music in new ways for Illuminate Adelaide is extending the life of their art.
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Last year during lockdown, Creative Original Music Adelaide contracted their roster of artists to create a cohesive work using the exquisite corpse art-making format. The work will finally debut next week.
Talented and sultry singer Carla Lippis, 40, describes her passion for performing, and how the love of family brought her home to Adelaide.
When it comes to choral concerts, Adelaide Chamber Singers occupy an unrivalled top spot and have long been the darling of local audiences. We look at how they perform when associate conductor Christie Anderson takes the reins.
Tony-Award-winning performer and 2021 Adelaide Cabaret Festival artistic director Alan Cumming ended the festival on a high note with his own personal celebration of life and all its glitter.
Australian singer-songwriter Tina Arena has been named as artistic director of the 2022 Adelaide Cabaret Festival as the curtain falls on what organisers have declared one of the most successful years in the festival’s history.
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The very welcome return to the cabaret stage of the long-running TV music quiz show RocKwiz demonstrated with great fun why Australia adores Eurovision – and why Julia Zemiro is at the heart of the love affair.
Cabaret Festival
This accomplished set may be mostly Marlene Dietrich – with mash-ups of Kylie and Madonna – but it is all Kim David Smith at his mercurial best.
Cabaret Festival
Step out of the chilly Adelaide evening into a steamy French night at L’Hotel, where the guests and staff aim to please.
Cabaret Festival
Experience the vicarious thrill and terror of going on a blind date in this unpredictable, cleverly devised and thoroughly entertaining show.
The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra has announced its own festival, with six outdoor sunset concerts in nine days at the Adelaide Showground, covering music from the classics to Broadway, rock, dance music and finishing with live musical accompaniment to an acclaimed BBC nature documentary.
The ASQ’s first concert since lockdown gave audiences a chance to see its new cellist, Michael Dahlenburg, in action and ponder what life for the quartet will be like once Stephen King leaves as violist.
How smaller festivals survive in these testing times is one thing, but how they set their artistic sights is another. Having managed to keep going this year, we look at how Coriole Music Festival shaped up.
In Sondheim’s famous musical thriller, Sweeney Todd goes on a rampage against humanity after his life falls to ruins. What does State Opera South Australia’s production tell us about the mind of this madman?
