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Toxic Psalms: 'We are instructed too much - how to understand, how to feel'

Toxic Psalms: 'We are instructed too much - how to understand, how to feel'

Guardian — At a time when most of Brooklyn's Dumbo neighbourhood would still be nursing their Saturday night hangovers, conductor Karmina Šilec is surprisingly chipper as she sits in the performer's lounge of St Ann's Warehouse. "I like mornings," she says, admitting that she has been up since 3am (she has jetlag), "because then you have the rest of the day to do what you want." From leading the world-renowned young female voice ensemble of Carmina Slovenica to collaborating with the Royal Opera House in London, the Slovenian seems to have no problem doing what she wants.
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The Snow Kimono by Mark Henshaw review - a philosophical puzzle

The Snow Kimono by Mark Henshaw review - a philosophical puzzle

Guardian — One night in Paris, in 1989, retired inspector Auguste Jovert receives a letter from a woman in Algiers claiming to be his daughter. A chance encounter with a stranger - Tadashi Omura, former professor of law of the Imperial University of Japan - suddenly finds him entwined in the stories of Omura's best friend, the arrogant and brilliant novelist Katsuo Ikeda, and the lives of three Japanese women, Fumiko, Mariko and Sachiko.
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When the Night Comes by Favel Parrett review - in awe of Antarctica

When the Night Comes by Favel Parrett review - in awe of Antarctica

Guardian — When European explorers set out to find a land in the southern hemisphere speculated about since the Roman empire, they did not expect to find anything beyond the mostly arid continent of Australia. In 1820, however, a vast terrain with deserts of ice was spotted by a Russian expedition, and by the following year, the original Terra Australis (Southern Land) had its first documented human landing. Australia and Antarctica have since had a close relationship, the former having the largest territorial claim over the latter.
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Don Giovanni review - David McVicar offers ration over passion

Don Giovanni review - David McVicar offers ration over passion

Guardian — During the late 17th century, Europe saw a cultural movement that brought on not only the scientific revolution, but also the dawn of a new philosophical era. The age of enlightenment was set in motion by philosophers such as Locke, Voltaire, Bacon and Descartes, and it is during its death that the celebrated Scottish opera director David McVicar sets his new production of Don Giovanni. A black curtain shrouds the stage as the audience enters, revealing hints of the graveyard behind it.
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Demons by Wayne Macauley review - pathos and parody of Australia's intellectual left

Demons by Wayne Macauley review - pathos and parody of Australia's intellectual left

Guardian — "Let's go away for the weekend," filmmaker Megan, married to Evan, says to her friends in the opening of Wayne Macauley's new novel, Demons. And so, on a Friday night, seven adults head to a two-storey house on a remote part of the Great Ocean Road, where, in the tradition of an Aussie campfire, they drink wine and tell stories as the rain howls around them. But as the stories emerge, it becomes increasingly obvious the weekend is going to be more complicated than they originally thought. The stories - all with a title and the name of the teller, such as "Megan: Waiting Lists ..."
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Here Come the Dogs by Omar Musa review - street poetry committed to the page

Here Come the Dogs by Omar Musa review - street poetry committed to the page

Guardian — "Where are these cunts?" So begins the mainstream literary debut of Omar Musa, poet, rapper, TEDx speaker, playwright, and now hip-hop verse novelist. Written in a combination of poetry and prose, Musa's novel, Here Come the Dogs, is a muscular examination of dislocation and disempowerment among the lives of Australian youths on the edge of mainstream society. During a throbbing Sydney summer, three young men attend a local greyhound race, and talk about dogs, hip-hop, "flow" and women. Solomon Amosa, a 27-year-old who went to a private school on a basketball scholarship, is the most charming, spending his days playing basketball and hanging out with his girlfriend, Georgie.
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Otello review - lead performances worthy of a still powerful opera

Otello review - lead performances worthy of a still powerful opera

Guardian — In an attempt to entice composer Giuseppe Verdi out of premature retirement in the late 1800s, Italian librettist Arrigo Boito wrote his own version of Shakespeare's Othello. It stripped the narrative so that the action centred predominantly on its four main characters. As a result, Verdi's penultimate opera, Otello, is not only one of Verdi's most character-driven works, it is also one of his most focused and beloved. Otello was first directed by German director Harry Kupfer for Opera Australia in 2003, who updated the work from 15th century Cyprus to wartime Germany.
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