Veteran stage director John Bell helms an emotionally taut new production of Carmen, contrasting the savage drama with the gaudy frivolity of everyday life. This premiere season is set apart by an […]
Opera Australia: Carmen review [Sydney 2016]
Opera Australia: Luisa Miller review [Melbourne 2016]
A superb company of singers and a gleaming black and white staging bring an air of polished perfection to this Melbourne season of rarely-seem Verdi opera Luisa Miller.
Opera Australia: The Pearlfishers review [Melbourne]
Bizet’s charming score has made The Pearlfishers a bit of an Australian favourite, but even the carefully considered direction of Michael Gow is not quite enough to sharpen the ill-conceived concept and […]
Opera Australia: La Bohème review [Melbourne 2016]
Evergreen world favourite La Bohème is always a popular choice, and when enhanced by the performances of such glorious singers it is easy to appreciate its enduring appeal.
Opera Australia: The Elixir of Love review [Melbourne]
As frothily effervescent as a freshly shaken bottle of Coke, this blue chip 2001 production bubbles over with amusing delight.
Opera Australia: The Marriage of Figaro review [Melbourne]
Played straight and true, characterful comedy The Marriage of Figaro is all the funnier.
The Rabbits review
Defying classification, The Rabbits blends opera, music theatre, and gentle pop music in a finely crafted theatrical experience.
Opera Australia Announces Season 2016
Celebrating their 60th anniversary year, Opera Australia presents a range of mainstage operas and special events, while continuing to take opera to regional centres.
Opera Australia: Turandot review [Sydney 2015]
World-class singers enhance this decadently glossy production.
Opera Australia: La Traviata review [Sydney 2015]
The production may be well known, and well loved, but the Opera Australia role debuts of soprano Lorina Gore and tenor Rame Lahaj make for a scintillating evening.
Man in Chair 