Superb singing and stunning designs showcase the depth of Opera Australia’s talent pool to full advantage in this very merry revival of Falstaff.
Opera Australia: Falstaff review [Melbourne]
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Opera Australia strays from the chocolate box favourites with this all too rare staging of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, a presentation all the more precious for its ingenious concept and glorious singing.
Opera Australia: The Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013: Götterdämmerung
****Read Man in Chair’s 2016 review of Götterdämmerung.**** Götterdämmerung, or The Twilight of the Gods, see Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle reach its fiery conclusion. Previously, on The Melbourne Ring Cycle, giant Fafner […]
Opera Australia: The Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013: Die Walkure
****Read Man in Chair’s 2016 review of Die Walküre.**** Sentimental favourite of the cycle, Die Walküre also features the most recognizable piece of Wagner’s music for the Ring. From the gloriously romantic […]
Opera Australia: The Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013: Das Rheingold
****Read Man in Chair’s 2016 review of Das Rheingold. **** The wait is finally over! The Melbourne Ring Cycle opens tonight at the State Theatre, now two rows smaller thanks to the […]
Opera Australia: Salome review
Opera Australia completes a (quite possibly unintentional) trilogy of blood spattered mad women with the immensely satisfying new production of Richard Strauss’ Salome.
Man in Chair 