Providing a pathway to the ultimate art form – Opera for All

As an arts journalist you are often invited to enticing events, with additional perks courtesy of one corporate partner or another. And Opera for All was no different. Sponsor BMW was very generous (no shiny new automobile sitting in the driveway, but a very lovely evening’s multi-part entertainment) when it came to this event, which unfurled in the deep, deep heat of last Saturday’s early evening in Melbourne. The dilemma for a journalist comes when the proceedings are really splendid. Do you respond in a muted fashion, so as not to be seen as being vulnerable to those wishing to curry favour?