The latest production from the GILBERT AND SULLIVAN OPERA SYDNEY is the relatively now rarely seen THE GHOSTS OF RUDDIGORE. The tenth of the Savoy Operas by Gilbert and Sullivan it is both typical G&S with its wonderful melodies and …
This is an opera in two acts by Brian Howard with libretto by Steven Berkoff, sung in English, adapted from Franz Kafka’s 1915 novella, Metamorphosis.
Tama Matheson’s production had an eleventh hour hiccup with Julie Lea Goodwin …
From Rossini, Italy’s grand master of hilarity comes a rollicking comedy with a magnificent score. THE TURK IN ITALY dazzles from the lowest bass notes to the impossibly stratospheric level of soprano Stacey Alleaume’s coloratura.
Conductor Andrea Molino heads up …
THE TURK IN ITALY is not one of Rossini’s best known or best received operas, but this risqué OA production is sure to entertain most. (Just don’t take your kids or your prudish mother-in-law.)
Director Simon Philips premiered this …
Rockdale Opera Company’s 70th Anniversary celebrations continue with Jacques Offenbach’s grand fantasy opera THE TALES OF HOFFMANN.
This is a new fully staged production of the opera with Benjamin Oxley as Hoffmann and Camilla Wright, Georgia Kokkoris and …
Opera Australia’s current new production of Verdi’s Aida delivers a satisfying amount of traditional drama and tension we hope for in Verdi’s structure and score. The arresting design in this production makes use of a refreshingly new visual element for …
From the opening dramatic chords we know we are in for an emotional roller-coaster ride in this gripping revival of the Elijah Moshinksy production of RIGOLETTO for Opera Australia , first seen in 1991 .
Updated a bit, it is …
Above : Giorgio Carduro as Enrico and John Longmuir as Arturo with the Opera Australia chorus. Photo: Prudence Upton Featured image : Jessica Pratt as Lucia and Michael Fabiano as Edgardo. Photo credit: Prudence Upton.
Opera Australia’s current production of …
Grammy-award winning coloratura soprano Sumi Jo is returning to Australia for a series of performances across the country, including a recital at Sydney’s City Recital Hall on July 19.
Sumi Jo is amongst the highest-selling classical artists in the …
Above : Esther Song gives a fiery and vocally agile performance as Therese/Teresias. Featured image: ensemble cast in bright costume and set environment. Photo credit : Clare Hawley
Here is a significant event from Con Opera, enabling us to …