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MAZDA Opera in the Bowl - photo by Joe Castro

Mazda Opera in the Bowl returns to Melbourne

Launching in 2007, Opera Australia’s hugely popular concert (now known as) Mazda Opera in the Bowl returns to Melbourne on Saturday 2 December with a stellar line up of Australia’s finest opera singers and musical talent...

Roberto Devereux

November 13 - Latest Reviews, Opera

Melbourne Opera’s production of Roberto Devereux is a masterpiece. Their superb storytelling is made all the more exceptional through the deformation and violation of what you might consider traditional operatic singing....

The Merry Widow

November 9 - Opera, Performance

Melbourne-born international opera star Danielle de Niese will make a triumphant return to her hometown to perform in Franz Lehár’s charming operetta The Merry Widow at Arts Centre Melbourne from 15 November 2017. ...

Roberto Devereux

October 30 - Opera

Following the company’s acclaimed productions of Maria Stuarda in 2015 and Anna Bolena in 2016, Melbourne Opera is finishing its powerful 2017 season with the final instalment of Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy, Roberto Devere...

Esther

October 30 - Latest Reviews, Opera, Performance

If the standard achieved by this production of Handel’s first oratorio, Esther is anything to go by, then Tobias Cole’s ambitions for his fledgling baroque opera company, Handel in the Theatre, may well prove achievable....

OA Madama Butterfly 2017 - photo by Jeff Busby AAR

Opera Australia bids farewell to Madama Butterfly

October 23 - Opera, Performance

Opera Australia is bidding a heartfelt farewell to one of the most loved productions in its history, Moffatt Oxenbould’s magnificent Madama Butterfly, with a final two-week season at the Capitol Theatre from 24 October 2...

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...