Opera
Opera review: Tosca, Margaret Court Arena
After not bringing staged operas to Melbourne last year, Opera Australia’s production of 'Tosca' wasn’t enough to quench the audience's…
APAM heading to WA
The Australian Performing Arts Market will be hosted in Western Australia by PAC Australia in 2026, 2028 and 2030.
Opera review: Hansel & Gretel, St Andrew’s Uniting Church, Brisbane
For its premiere full-scale opera, Voxalis’ 'Hansel and Gretel' offered a well-crafted and entertaining production.Â
Opera review: West Side Story, Sydney Harbour
A stunning revival production of Opera on the Harbour’s biggest hit musical.
New festival brings the beauty of bel canto to Brisbane
Opera Queensland’s Brisbane Bel Canto celebrates the quintessential operatic form with a series of exacting and beautiful works that showcase…
Opera review: The Threepenny Opera, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Festival
Searing satire and a rage against capitalism wrapped up in a love story.
Opera review: The Nightingale and Other Fables, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide Festival
A stunningly inventive operatic reimagining makes its Australian debut in Adelaide.Â
Theatre review: Candide, Palais Theatre
Operatic technique played second fiddle to a hilarious and hugely enjoyable production.Â
Opera review: The Magic Flute, Sydney Opera House
A new iteration by director Kate Gaul on Mozart's classic search for truth and reason, love and enlightenment.
Orientalism, a stain that taints Australian opera?
From yellowface to chinoiserie – Orientalism pervades Western stages, so will that include Adelaide Festival’s upcoming, lauded centrepiece opera?