Entertainment
Opera
Get 'em while they're young: Opera's plan for a new generation
Stuffy and elitist? For these young students, opera is anything but.
- by Michael Lallo
Latest
review
Review
A vocal journey through art brought to life
Rarely performed Rossini opera 'Il Viaggio a Reims' is an exercise in vocally showing off.
- by Bridget Davies
review
Review
Opera Australia delights with bittersweet Cosi Fan Tutte
Cosi Fan Tutte requires today’s opera-goer to wholly submit to the farce, or you’re in for a night at the theatre that may leave you feeling flat as a tack.
- by Bridget Davies
Protest
'I've never seen something like this': Opera disrupted by elderly protester
The opening performance of Rigoletto at Melbourne's State Theatre was delayed in unusual circumstances on Saturday evening.
- by Broede Carmody
Opera Australia coffers swelled by $4.5m in bequests
Opera Australia has posted a modest operating surplus of $342,676 for 2018, however that figure was given a huge lift by a small number of bequests totalling nearly $4.5m.
- by Nick Galvin
Review
Pinchgut Opera thrills in choral turn
From the classical to the cutting edge, Pinchgut Opera and Zubin Kanga excite.
- by Peter McCallum
China
Donald Trump meets Mao and Kim Jong-un in Hong Kong opera
With the blond wig and red tie, the star of a new Cantonese opera in Hong Kong may look familiar.