Will Tristan And Isolde Save The ENO?

Ralph Myers, Artistic Director of the Belvoir Street Theatre delivers the annual Philip Parsons Memorial lecture in which he warns against the increasing corporitasion of the arts and its potential to damage the national cultural landscape. Click here to read.

Matthew Westwood previews opera Australia’s upcoming production. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/american-dreams/story-e6frg8n6-1226089024397

Yesong Sophie Lee, just 12 years old has won the biennial 2016 Menuhin competition, held in London last month. It was the centenary of the competition whose Laureates include Australians Ray Chen, Susie Park and Grace Clifford, Germany’s Julia Fisher and Russia’s Alina Ibragimova. Charlotte Smith in The Strad asks whether competitions are defined more…