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![A carefully staged and rather camp photograph of two men dressed in white and lounging on a white couch. A statue of a golden lion sits beside one of the men, who are the stars of Sydney Festival's 'Siegfried & Roy: The Unauthorised Opera'.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/SF_Siegfried__Roy_Hero-Image-by-@-Jacqui-Manning.jpg?w=310)
What happens in Vegas comes to Sydney Festival: Siegfried & Roy opera set for world premiere
A new chamber opera about Las Vegas magicians Siegfried and Roy has been announced as the centrepiece production of the…
![Christopher Hillier, Sky Ingram, Anna Dowsley and Nicholas Lester in modern resort lounge gear sitting and standing on steps on production of Così fan tutte.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Christopher-Hillier-as-Don-Alfonso-Sky-Ingram-as-Fiordiligi-Anna-Dowsley-as-Dorabella-Nicholas-Lester-as-Guglielmo1.jpg?w=310)
Opera review: Così fan tutte, Her Majesty’s Theatre
State Opera South Australia’s 'Così fan tutte' features a musical ‘six of the best’.
![Jo Davies is a grey-haired, fair-skinned, middle-aged woman wearing a grey and black scarf, a grey cardigan and a black shirt. Jo Davies has left Opera Australia under dramatic circumstances as of today.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Jo-Davies-credit-Kirstie-Young.webp?w=310)
Opera Australia Artistic Director quits over ‘differences of opinion’
Jo Davies has abruptly left Australia’s national opera company less than a year after commencing her role.
![La Rondine. A man in a white tuxedo is sitting a piano. On the right is a blonde woman in a green gown next to it. There is a bouquet of roses on the piano and a large scale picture of roses in the background.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Charlie-Kinross-LR-54051.jpg?w=310)
Opera review: La Rondine, Palais Theatre
A production that celebrated the operatic skill and emotive gusto of leads Kiandra Howarth and Won Whi Choi.
![Four soldiers in shadow standing in pairs in the background. In the foreground are two soldiers, crouching on the ground, each one holding a woman in his arms. The women are wearing white gowns.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/cosi.jpg?w=310)
Opera review: Così fan tutte, Sydney Opera HouseÂ
If you can forgive the problematic sexual politics, 'Così fan tutte' is enormous fun.
![Two Remain. Three women are singing. They are wearing blue and white concentration camp stripes underneath beige aprons and head scarves.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/two.jpeg?w=310)
Opera review: Two Remain, fortyfivedownstairs
This premiere Australian production features the true stories of two Holocaust survivors.
![A stylised photograph of a naked woman sinking underwater, he long red hair drifting towards the surface.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/53279643663_731da9188c_k-e1721716584917.jpg?w=310)
Powerful, poignant and a punch to the guts: Breaking the Waves, the opera
Lyric soprano Jennifer Black discusses the joys and challenges of performing in ‘Breaking the Waves’, an opera based on Lars…
![Two men on stage singing opera, one with white body paint as a ghost. Hamlet.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/53866464913_1a017581f1_k-e1721695472400.jpg?w=310)
Opera review: Hamlet, Opera Australia
Revenge thriller, psychological drama – this reworking of Hamlet is an emotionally charged and brilliant piece of work.
![Candide. Four singers lined up. In the middle are a man in blue shirt and shorts with red braces and a woman in a green strappy 1950s type house dress with a little apron. On either side are two women - one all in orange, including her glasses frames and a wig, and the other the same but in yellow.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/SOSA-ASO-STCSA-CANDIDE-Photo-Andrew-Beveridge-MEDIA-008-e1716780966850.jpg?w=310)
Opera review: Candide, Her Majesty's Theatre
A joyous musical confection and a colourful celebration of self-discovery.
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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…