‘A Pavarotti rebirth’: the Samoan tenor taking over the world’s most gilded opera stages
Born on a tiny, impoverished South Pacific island, Pene Pati remembers going to school without food. Now he is performing in operas at La Scala and the Met
Saint Levant review – Palestinian pop star makes Australian debut to an ecstatic, sold-out crowd
Even slight hand gestures elicit screams from his rapturous fans, at a show that brings politics to the party – and ends with a cameo from his father
Is there a pianist in the house? How audience members – and fellow musicians – have saved the show
A Sydney screening of La La Land with live orchestra was rescued by a brave (and skilled) amateur pianist. What happens when classical performers, or their instruments, suddenly collapse? Plus, Tavener’s mystic pantomime finally gets to the stage
Vespers review – haunting clash of cultures conjures Vivaldi’s Venice
This resourceful semi-staging blended choral collective Idrîsî Ensemble’s ancient chants with Iestyn Davies and Figure’s Vivaldi.
‘The story of Hong Kong is the sound of it’: the cross-cultural joy of the city’s Cantopop music
Emma-Lee Moss, AKA singer-songwriter Emmy the Great, has written a memoir rooted in her love of Hong Kong’s east-meets-west pop. She picks her favourite tracks
Sabrina Carpenter granted restraining order against alleged stalker: ‘disturbing violation of safety’
Pop star says the man, 31, tried to force his way into her LA home last month and insisted she was expecting him
Pope-ally wired! Why Mark E Smith’s maligned Catholic play is getting a reboot
The Fall frontman’s play about a papal plot appalled critics when first staged in 1986, with Leigh Bowery starring as a cardinal. Now Hey! Luciani is back – but does it make any more sense 40 years on?
Jack White review – former White Stripe’s art is like a 12-year-old visiting Tate Modern for the first time
White may be a talented musician but as a visual artist, he’s a nonstarter. Not even the collaborations with Ai Weiwei and Damien Hirst can save this show
Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s IQ test: ‘No president has had to have his brain examined this many times’
Late-night hosts discussed Trump’s cognitive faculties, his failed plans for a concert series and the rise of Spencer Pratt in the California primaries
‘All the girls were in there for shit that is pretty normal’: the show reinventing Girl, Interrupted for a new generation
Susanna Kaysen’s cult memoir sparked a wave of novels about young women in crisis. After 10 years in the making, Juliana Canfield and King Princess bring it to the stage
Tonight the Music Seems So Loud by Sathnam Sanghera review – a heartbreaking portrait of George Michael
This affecting exploration of the troubled genius’s impact is packed with anecdote, sharp analysis and social context
Köln 75 review – how a legendary jazz-improv show was cajoled into being by a German teenager
Watchable biopic charts how an 18-year-old German booked the sickly American pianist Keith Jarrett for what became a landmark concert
Taylor Swift announces new single for Toy Story 5 soundtrack
I Knew It, I Knew You is written with longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff and marks a return to Swift’s country roots
John Oliver on Trump’s pardons: ‘He’ll put violent people back in the streets because they support him’
The late-night host discussed Trump granting clemency to allies and white-collar criminals who donate to Maga
Lise Davidsen and James Baillieu review – superstar soprano unleashes her inner Valkyrie
The Norwegian singer’s remarkable ability to inhabit a character, her warmth on stage and the control and tenderness she brought to the more intimate songs made this a very special recital