ORCHESTRA VICTORIA Eight Seasons, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre, February 25

Rating: 3/5★

Coleen's Real Women

Director Jim Sharman aims to mine the emotional depths of Mozart's opera, writes Bryce Hallett.

Don Ward isn't usually punched for telling passers-by their shoes need polishing. But on Monday someone took a wayward swing at the Manhattan shoeshiner, yelling: “Why don't you get an education so you can get a real job!”