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Reimagining the Dinosaur

Opera is a 400-year-old archaic, misogynistic dinosaur — a most magnificent beast with shiny, glamorous scales and a mesmerising roar. But we need to reimagine the dinosaur. Tarita Botsman writes with unflinching honesty about the state of opera in Australia: its gender failures, its cultural blind spots, and the urgent need for bold new leadership.

A Scar, A Sword Fight, and Seven Years to the Stage

I am now sporting a six-stitch scar just below my right eyebrow — where my glasses cut straight into my skin, bone, and skull. I fell on my face crossing a road in the dark on my way home from the first music call of my new work, The Sun Queen. In some strange way, it feels… appropriate.