Leonard Bernstein is best known for composing the musical “West Side Story”. Yet, whilst working on this score, he was simultaneously working on another musical, “Candide” which has just opened in a new production by Opera Australia at the Sydney …
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The Joan Sutherland Theatre had a full house last night for the 2025 opening night of Opera Australia’s “The Barber of Seville” by Rossini. With a big cruise ship birthed at the Circular …
Audiences are in for a unique experience in Opera Australia’s production of GHOST SONATA. Dressed warm and casual, head for the Opera Centre in Elizabeth Street and then down the side alley to the company’s Scenery Workshop. Inside the performance …
It is a challenge to present a modern public with something of a soap-operetta like The Merry Widow. This light work profiles gender, marriage and loyalty to a small state very specifically and in a contrasting way to our …
It has been said that there are two emotions, love and fear. The creative pairing of Puccini and Graeme Murphy is successful in vividly outlining such feelings in the current revival of Murphy’s stunning production.
Conductor Christian Badea presents a …