Category: Opera

Opera Australia King Roger 2017

Opera Australia announces 2017 Season

August 23 - Latest News, Opera
Opera Australia is on the move, showcasing its creative edge with new venues and exciting programming that will make 2017 a season not to miss. “The launch of a new season is always an exciting time for Opera Australia a...
Victorian Opera Laughter and Tears rehearsals - photo by Charlie Kinross

Pagliacci reimagined in Laughter and Tears

August 11 - Opera, Performance
Operatic masterpiece Pagliacci is reimagined in a captivating new production from Victorian Opera and Circus Oz, Laughter and Tears, at the Palais Theatre from 13-18 August. The World Premiere production revolutionises t...
Melbourne Opera Tannhäuser Zoe Scoglio

Tannhäuser

August 8 - Opera, Performance
Melbourne Opera’s superb new production of Wagner’s rarely performed masterpiece Tannhäuser, with a company of over 130 singers and musicians, will open the magnificent Regent Theatre to the thrilling world o...
Adelaide Festival 2017 SAUL photo by Bill Cooper

Barrie Kosky returns to Adelaide with Saul

August 5 - Opera, Performance
The Adelaide Festival has announced the return of the brilliant and provocative, Barrie Kosky with his newest masterpiece, George Frideric Handel’s Saul. Produced by the great Glyndebourne Opera Festival, it will form th...
OA Simon Boccanegra

Simon Boccanegra

July 20 - Opera, Performance
Personal sacrifice meets political thriller in this vast opera by a master of the genre, as Opera Australia presents Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra in the Joan Sutherland Theatre – Sydney Opera House for 9 performa...
OA Cosi fan Tutte

Così fan tutte

July 15 - Opera, Performance
Following acclaimed productions of Don Giovanni and The Marriage of Figaro, Sir David McVicar returns to deliver the final instalment of the Da Ponte trilogy, as Opera Australia presents Così fan tutte at the Sydney Oper...
OA The Marriage of Figaro regional tour editorial

The Marriage of Figaro

July 11 - Opera, Performance
Following the adventures of a household over one crazy day, Opera Australia presents a new production of Mozart’s brilliant opera, The Marriage of Figaro in a comprehensive regional tour. In a wealthy household in ...
Opera Australia Carmen 2016

Carmen

July 1 - Latest Reviews, Opera, Performance
One of the most popular operas in the contemporary operatic repertoire, Georges Bizet’s Carmen offers tantalizing challenges to directors looking for fresh ways to interpret it. Among the more intriguing and successful w...