Salome
It may be 114 years old but the Richard Strauss opera, Salome, has lost none of its ability to shock and unsettle, particularly as presented here in Gale Edwards extraordinarily visceral production. Brian Thomson’s setti...
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Sex, blood and opera: Salome returns to the Sydney stage
Based on Oscar Wilde’s 1891 banned play of the same name, Richard Strauss’ interpretation of this taboo-breaking biblical tale of sex and death returns to the Sydney stage for the first time since its premiere in 2012. D...
Werther
Celebrated international tenor Michael Fabiano will make his role debut as the titular role in Elijah Moshinsky’s contemporary production of Werther, when he returns to the Sydney Opera House this summer. In the ultimate...
Parsifal
Premiering the state’s first staged production of Richard Wagner’s Parsifal will prove Victorian Opera’s biggest undertaking yet as a cast of 83 singers and 75 musicians take over St Kilda’s Palais Theatre for three perf...
Wozzeck
William Kentridge’s stunning interpretation of Alban Berg’s 1925 expressionist opera Wozzeck, with his desolate charcoal animations superimposed over a huge rough wooden setting, caused a sensation when it was first seen...
The Flying Dutchman
Following the critical and public success of Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, and Tristan and Isolde, Melbourne Opera is once again turning its attention to Wagner’s rich repertoire staging the The Flying Dutchman (Der Fliegende H...
Turandot
It may be nearly thirty years old but Graeme Murphy’s mesmerizing staging of Puccini’s last opera, remains a jewel in Opera Australia’s current repertoire. From the very first moments when huge fans open to reveal Murphy...
Turandot
As temperatures rise in Sydney over summer, audiences will be treated to a cool change when Graeme Murphy’s bold vision of Puccini’s Turandot bursts back into the Joan Sutherland Theatre in mid January. Murphy’s daring p...
