“If other artforms are in a constant scramble to reinvent themselves, opera gives the singular impression of a maiden aunt cast upon a desert island, clutching her trousseau of frocks circa 1910 and a pile of 78s of ‘Great Voices of the Century’ ready to play ‘Desert Island Discs’. It is a source of some anxiety to opera companies, not just locally, but around the world, that their audiences are getting older.” – The Age (Melbourne)