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Xanthoudakis soars in Australian premiere of Rossini's rare Otello
Unlike the Verdi, this version of the opera has never been to Australia in the two centuries since its creation - until now.
- by Barney Zwartz
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Siobhan Stagg's return home a sublime triumph
Siobhan Stagg and Samuel Dundas were both outstanding in Victorian Opera's rendition of Debussy's only opera.
- by Bridget Davies
Arts
Victorian Opera offers Wagner, Sondheim in 2019 program
With no lengthy Italian or German works in Opera Australia's 2019 program, VO's production of Parsifal will be the first major opera event of the year.
- by Bridget Davies
Metamorphosis review: Opera turns Kafka's work into musical language of delirium
Simon Lobelson's performance is a vocal, theatrical and athletic tour de force as he crawls under the bed, scales walls or hangs upside down from a chandelier.
- by Peter McCallum
Arts
Blessed be the fruit: Handmaid's Tale opera on way
You’ve read Margaret Atwood’s chilling book. You’ve seen the BAFTA-winning TV series. Now you can experience The Handmaid’s Tale: the opera.
- by Hannah Francis
Opera reviews
So much more than an opera singer's greatest hits
Part fiction, part memoir, Emma Matthews is an absolute powerhouse in Steve Vizard's reflective The Space Between.
- by Bridget Davies
Opera reviews
Romeo and Juliet soar in VO's Bellini without the bells and whistles
It was a concert performance of Bellini's opera rather than a full production, but even so it hit all the right notes.
- by Bridget Davies
Opinion
Letters
Touring ‘Butterfly’ production fails to show operatic magic
The musical and operatic magic Butterfly can supply were missing last week.
Arts
Opera singer Emma Matthews explores ageing in The Space Between
Soprano Emma Matthews is looking well beyond the roles that made her a star.
- by Maxim Boon