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Salome review: Perversion writ large in this thrilling production
Opera Australia's Salome is a thrillingly-sung revival of a Gale Edwards production that emphasises the perverted, fetish-like aspect of Strauss' sadistically sensationalist reading of Wilde's Symbolist text.
- by Peter McCallum
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Kosky's Magic Flute enchanting and unforgettable
Barrie Kosky’s genius at wrestling this popular opera into something strange and scintillating and new can’t be denied.
- by Cameron Woodhead
Joys aplenty among Werther's sorrows
This revival of Elijah Moshinsky’s 1989 production of Massenet’s Werther is carried by strong vocal performances of its leads, Michael Fabiano and Elena Maximova.
- by Peter McCallum
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Time becomes space - if you have time - in Parsifal
Victorian Opera kicks off its season with Wagner's epic Parsifal.
- by Bridget Davies
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Dicey Topics: Barrie Kosky talks death, sex and politics
The artistic director of the Komische Oper Berlin discusses the topics we are told to keep quiet.
- by Benjamin Law
Arts
Melbourne Opera soars with Flying Dutchman
It was only four years ago that a bigger company, Victorian Opera, staged this Wagner, but Melbourne Opera's is a far better production.
- by Bridget Davies
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Arts
Opera for the ages - with a twist
The tale of Orpheus in the Underworld has been told many times over the centuries, but this production tells part of the story that has gone unexplored.
- by Bridget Davies
Wozzeck review: Nothing succeeds like excess for Kentridge
In a public conversation artist and director William Kentridge said opera is an artform of excess – there is always more going on than you can take in.
- by Peter McCallum
Collaboration key in Opera Australia production of Alban Berg's Wozzeck
Is Wozzeck, the eponymous soldier-protagonist in Alban Berg's dark opera, truly deranged or is he the only one who can perceive the lunacy that surrounds him?
- by Nick Galvin