These days, in a world of modern music riddled with cutsie popettes and heart-throb boy bands, there are very few performers with the presence, let alone the independence, to do something genuinely original. But Diamanda Galas is one such performer. With her impressive vocal range, she's in Australia at the moment on a national tour, beginning at the Sydney Festival. She's controversial, she's confronting and she defies categorisation. Annie White reports.
People always come in with preconceptions.
I don't go on stage to shock anyone. I really don't. I don't even think about it. I'm really thinking about the work. Diamanda Galas seems designed to confuse those who like music which fits into neat categories.