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Opera
The world’s most epic opera opens in Brisbane
Wagner’s Ring Cycle – a saga of gods, giants, dwarfs, dragons and heroes – is being brought to life with help from some digital wizardry.
- by Nick Dent
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Track Works at Mortuary Station: the opera made for Sydney commuters
An opera set in a train station, featuring some of the world’s best-known arias and sung by some of Australia’s best young singers, opens this week at Mortuary Station.
- by Helen Pitt
‘Wagner would love it’: Epic 15-hour opera goes super hi-tech
Opera Australia’s new production of The Ring will be like no other before it.
- by Nick Galvin
‘We need to be telling these stories’: Opera Qld pushes boundaries with 2024 season
Opera purists might be shocked by Patrick Nolan’s sixth season as artistic director, which stands as a striking rebuke to the idea that opera lacks local relevance.
- by Nick Dent
From singing rock songs in a bar to the top of the operatic world
All-time great tenor Juan Diego Florez, proclaimed by Pavarotti as his musical heir, is making his first Australian tour.
- by Barney Zwartz
Are the Melbourne v Sydney opera wars finally coming to an end?
Opera Australia’s new program is trying to restore some balance between Australia’s biggest cities.
- by Elizabeth Flux
From potted possum to pavlova: the changing tastes of Sydney diners
If you want to plot the evolution of Australian fine dining, just take a glimpse at the 1973 menu of the Bennelong restaurant at the Sydney Opera House.
- by Helen Pitt