InDaily | Dane Lam’s best life

OCTOBER 16, 2026 — InDaily (SALIFE)

In SALIFE’s Best Life column, Genevieve Meegan talks to Dane Lam about a life that runs between Adelaide, Honolulu and the rest of the world, ahead of State Opera South Australia’s Carmen at Her Majesty’s Theatre (17–24 October).

He makes the case for classical music as “a uniquely human connector in an age ruled by the algorithm,” and talks about his idea of a perfect day with his family, a stranger’s kindness during China’s 2021 lockdowns, why the one artwork he would own is Puccini’s autograph score of La bohème, and where he likes to eat in Adelaide.

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