Opera Australia in association with The Really Useful Group, will present Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA in 2022. The much-anticipated production, originally scheduled for 2021, will now open …
With much of Australia in lockdown, the thrill of live performances remains elusive. While we stay home and stay safe, now is a great time to explore the riches of OA | TV: Opera Australia on demand.
Six of Opera …
The world’s most famous arias are ringing out from the Joan Sutherland Theatre again as Opera Australia’s enormously popular Great Opera Hits concert series returns to Australia’s true home of opera.
Described as the ‘best of opera without the boring …
This is a magnificent revival of the chilling , thrilling David McVicar production.
As the audience enters, the curtain hangs almost as if partly torn down. Eventually it rises to reveal Robert Jones’s huge ash grey set that makes the …
Brett Whiteley is a name many Australians would immediately recognise. His artwork shone so brightly and uniquely he was judged and awarded as a true genius the world over. The youngest artist ever (to this day) to have his work …
This is an event that sounds like a perfect thing to do late on a Sunday afternoon. Opera Australia is presenting a concert GREAT OPERA HITS when Opera Australia stars will sing popular arias from some of the world’s greatest …
Above : members of the Opera Australia Children’s Chorus. Featured image : Stacey Alleaume as Sophie and Elena Maximova as Charlotte. Photo credit : Prudence Upton.
Opera Australia impresses with the sparkling sheen it gives to the substantial theatrical package …
This is a magnificent semi-staged production combing the forces of around 450 choristers of the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, performers from Sydney’s Pacific Opera , 80 musicians from the Sydney Youth Orchestra and glittering stars from Opera Australia and musicals.It …
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 …
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 …