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One of Hitler's favourite operas gets standing ovation
Hitler loved Meistersinger. Its thematic combination of German pride and purity lent itself nicely to his message.
- by Bridget Davies
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Opera reviews
Opera review: La Boheme
La Boheme has all the ingredients of the perfect introduction to opera.
- by Bridget Davies
Performing arts
Opera star hits wrong note with 'spineless creep' British nationalist
A rising Australian opera star was vilified on social media for playing a part which could have been played by a British singer - but fans rallied around her.
- by Steve Evans
Arts
Metamorphosis review: A stunning take on Kafka's nightmare
Opera Australia’s new account of Brian Howard’s 1983 opera is stunning.
- by Barney Zwartz
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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
Arts
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