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  • Reading time • 6 minutesBallet
  • Maleficent wields her powers in a scene from the animated classic Snow White. Below the huge screen, Perth Symphony Orchestra plays performs the music from Snow White. Disney delights in circle of love
    Reviews

    Disney delights in circle of love

    22 April 2023

    Six sensational singers and a superlative Perth Symphony Orchestra celebrate Disney’s big birthday in style, writes Julie Hosking.

    Reading time • 6 minutesMusic
  • A woman in a white coat stands in the middle of an audience of mostly children Kids have a ball with Gethin
    Kids

    Kids have a ball with Gethin

    3 October 2022

    Just how far can music extend our imaginations? In an immersive feast of storytelling, WASO’s Fairytale Ball reminds us that music is magical for the young and young at heart.

    Reading time • 5 minutesMusic
  • Reading time • 7 minutesOpera
  • Juan Carlos Osma as Prince Desiré and Alexa Tuzil as Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty. Photo by Bradbury Photography copy A female ballerina in an elaborate tutu is held by a male ballet dancer. He clasps her around her waist and her legs are both airborne, one bents and one extended vertically.Her torso angles downwards, so that her shape is a graceful arc. Too many soft centres in chocolate box ballet
    Reviews

    Too many soft centres in chocolate box ballet

    22 November 2021

    If you have a sweet tooth when it comes to ballet then Javier Torres’s Sleeping Beauty should satisfy, says Kim Balfour. But if you’re looking for reinvention rather than convention, you won’t find it here.

    Reading time • 6 minutesDance
  • A woman in black suit holding a conductor's baton is flanked by two women in light pink ball gowns, in front of a star-specked backdrop Singers bring a whole new world to Perth
    Features

    Singers bring a whole new world to Perth

    7 October 2021

    Two sopranos capitalise on COVID with a business partnership that is bringing Disney stardust to Perth. Claire Coleman talks with Amy Manford and Genevieve McCarthy to find out more.

    Reading time • 6 minutesMusic
  • Reading time • 4 minutesMusic
  • 100 orchestral musicians on stage and 100 choristers in the choir stalls Orchestra returns in full force
    Reviews

    Orchestra returns in full force

    5 October 2020

    The West Australian Symphony Orchestra has returned to the stage, bringing the blast of sunshine we needed after a long dark year. Rosalind Appleby reviews the first concert back at the Perth Concert Hall.

    Reading time • 5 minutesMusic
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