This is a new production by Michael Gow and there have been some changes that make it an intriguing version. The music has been preserved as have the key plot ideas however the characters have been changed to provide them …
Sydney Chamber Opera is currently presenting a second offering for the Sydney Festival which familiarises local audiences with the French composer Pascal Dusapin. This time the compelling piece is O MENSCH! (2008) for solo baritone and piano.
This event …
This major highlight of the 2016 Sydney Festival is a must see. Based on the acclaimed picture book by John Marsden and Shaun Tan, and the winner of several Helpmann Awards, THE RABBITS, adapted and directed by John Sheedy …
This was a charming revival of the production that was first created for the Metropolitan Opera, New York, in 2005, and first seen here in 2012. This work, as well as being a parable grounded in Mozart’s links and fascination …
As in 2015, Opera Australia offers us Puccini’s verismo rollercoaster LA BOHEME in its Summer Season. Gale Edwards’ bold, brutish and at times simply beautiful rendering of opera hits the mark once more. Its production values keenly highlight the undulations …
Celebrate Christmas with elegance and style with CANTIQUE DE NOEL, a Christmas opera gala. The concert is being presented by Opera Projects Sydney and the cast includes Jose Carbo, Catherine Bouchier, Anna-Louise Cole, Simon Kim, Sitiveni
These are my notes from the third in the current season of Culture Club talks.
The welcoming and introductions were performed by Tim Calnin, Executive Director of Performing Arts at the Opera House.
Lyndon Terracini, Artistic Director of …
In my experience, when you go to a Shakespeare with fellow Shakespeare lovers or a Chekhov with a Chekhov lover there is something that happens beyond shared engagement. Reverence is too trite a word, communal too overused, immersion too visceral. …
Sydney opera lovers are in for a genuine treat this Saturday night when Left Bauer Productions and the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir (SGLC) present a concert performance of Stewart Wallace and Michael Korie’s ground breaking opera, Harvey Milk.…
This delightful and humorous presentation of The Marriage of Figaro by Rockdale Opera Company continues their long tradition of presenting high quality Gilbert and Sullivan operas, operetta and grand opera sung in English.
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO is a comic …