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Victorian Opera launches 2018 Season

September 29 - Creative Industries, Opera

From roaring adventure to seductive siren songs, family classics to never-ending fun, Victorian Opera’s Season 2018 brings together sublime music with stories of destiny and desire. Celebrating his sixth season at the he...

OperaQ Don Giovanni - images by Daniel Swerdlow & treatment by Stephanie Do Rozario

Opera Queensland reveals 2018 season

September 14 - Creative Industries, Latest News, Opera

Outgoing Artistic Director Lindy Hume has unveiled the 2018 season for Opera Queensland, her final program before she hands the reins to Patrick Nolan in November 2017. The season includes two mainstage Brisbane producti...

Malthouse Theatre Victorian Opera Black Rider

Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets

September 7 - Opera, Performance

A ride like no other, Victorian Opera and Malthouse Theatre team up with Meow Meow, Paul Capsis, Le Gateau Chocolat, and Kanen Breen this September for the Australian premiere of Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bul...

OA Meistersinger - photo by Clive Barda Royal Opera House

Opera Australia is rolling out the big guns in Melbourne in 2018

August 24 - Opera, Performance

Opera Australia will be rolling it out big and bold in Melbourne in 2018 with some of the world’s biggest voices taking on some of the greatest roles in opera. Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini said he’s looking forward...

Opera Australia Lucia di Lammermoor Jessica Pratt - photo by Georges Antoni

Opera Australia to unleash its creative powers in 2018

August 22 - Latest News, Opera

Opera Australia has cast off the creative limitations of 2017 and will unleash one of its most inspired and innovative programs to date when it returns to its Sydney home in the Joan Sutherland Theatre (JST) in 2018. Pre...

The Rape of Lucretia

August 15 - Opera, Performance

Sydney Chamber Opera (SCO) in a new co-production with Victorian Opera presents Benjamin Britten’s pioneering and tragic work, The Rape of Lucretia to Sydney audiences for the first time this century at Carriagewor...

Camels cast in beach opera extravaganza

August 11 - Opera, Performance

Two camels have been cast in starring roles in Opera Australia’s upcoming production of Verdi’s Aida, to be staged on Coolangatta Beach in September. The one-humped divas will be transported from Sydney to the Gold...

Lohengrin

August 10 - Latest Reviews, Opera, Performance

You know it’s a good show when you leave the theatre and suddenly become aware of how weary you feel. You check the time and can’t work out where a smidge over four hours went, but then you remember: Wagner. Richard Wagn...