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Opera Australia to return to Melbourne with snakes, a panther and a horse
Despite its financial crisis, Opera Australia will come to Melbourne this year with two grand operas.
- by Nick Miller
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Interpretation of Bartok is simply chilling
The audience for Bluebeard’s Castle is invited to interpret the tale as much as an inner drama as an outer one.
- by Peter McCallum
★★★
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Exquisite voices save opera that proves more weary than wondrous
The puppets and slapstick comedy in The Sleeping Beauty seemed made for children, but not the darkness and grief.
- by Bridget Davies
★★★★½
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Passion and terror amid the glories of Rome
Evil stalks at every turn in John Bell’s remarkable production of Tosca.
- by Peter McCallum
‘An extraordinarily difficult decision’: Opera Australia CEO steps down
In an email to staff, Rory Jeffes said it was “very much a personal decision” to leave after less than four years in the role.
- by Nick Galvin
Exploring the dark resonance behind Sleeping Beauty
A Victorian Opera production of the old folk tale examines its connection with what we’ve all just been through: sickness, lockdown and resilience.
- by Nick Miller
★★★★
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An opera about the end of the world that leaves you feeling uplifted
Wagner’s Das Rheingold, staged by Melbourne Opera, is a stunning creation featuring some of Victoria’s best operatic voices.
- by Bridget Davies
Two worlds collide in this triumphant production
Opera Australia’s Ernani is a fine example of Verdi’s early genius.
- by Peter McCallum
The Australian planning operas in the land of Game of Thrones
When opera director Cameron Menzies moved from Melbourne to Belfast, his imagination ran riot: what if he could stage the gory Bluebeard’s Castle in a real ruin?
- by Nick Miller
Verdi’s first global blockbuster takes to the Opera House stage
Ernani plunged Verdi out of the shadows and became his first truly global tour-de-force.
- by Steve Meacham
Opera Australia embraces rapid COVID-19 testing to get back on stage
Artistic director Lyndon Terracini says his is the first major opera company to use rapid antigen testing, which delivers results in 15 minutes.
- by Steve Meacham