According to Google Earth, my house is 15,968.78 kilometres from the Metropolitan Opera New York, so it isn't practical to go there as ...

On 15 February we had a visit from MS Asuka II ( 飛鳥II ) , operated by the Japanese line Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (日本郵船株式会社) . She was ...

This weekend Seabourn Soujourn made her first visit to Sydney. Her maiden voyage was in June 2010, and she is one of five ships of this l...

It was fascinating to see Geoffrey Rush in a film and on stage in the same week. I don't see many films and can't easily compare...

Chance events can provoke an interest; and it was the appearance of Pascal and Ami Rogé at the Australian Festival of Chamber in 2005 and 2...

I am determined not to become a Wagnerite. It's not that I don't like Wagner - or The Ring; but there is so much more music to hear...

The second event on my visit to Melbourne was the Victorian Opera production of Handel's  Julius Caesar at the Recital Centre. I had b...