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Love it or hate it, Carmen on Cockatoo Island is going to rock
Liesel Badorrek’s Cockatoo Island production of Bizet’s much-loved opera will be hard to ignore.
- by Nick Galvin
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From my teens to my 40s, I learnt that heartbreak can happen at any time
Opera Australia’s Shane Placentino opens up about his grandmothers, being one of the few male dancers at school, and the beauty of love.
- by Jane Rocca
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Words cannot do justice to this ecstatic music
The genius of Bach leads the audience home in this sparkling concert.
- by Jill Sykes, Peter McCallum and Harriet Cunningham
How an ancient legend about doomed lovers still has urgent lessons to teach
While it’s an ancient story, the key themes of The Butterfly Lovers are still achingly relevant – about how society often stands in the way of ambition and love.
- by Elizabeth Flux