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April 7, 2016 / Album Reviews - Archive
April 3, 2016 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Wentworth Falls School of Arts, April 2 6.5/10 For all the ambition of Rowen Fox’s first full-length opera, the labour could not obscure the love. In the myth of the Chinese moon goddess Chang’E he has hit upon subject matter ideal for operatic interpretation. It provides a context for him…

April 3, 2016 / Album Reviews - Archive

AMBON (Bugle) 9/10 Lloyd Swanton’s uncle, Stuart Swanton, a prisoner-of-war held by the Japanese on the Indonesian island of Ambon during World War II, suffered appalling hardships and died the day before Japan surrendered. This double-album magnum opus is part oral history told through music, part heartfelt tribute and part…