2026 Opera Australia continue celebrating 70 years of arts and entertainment with Phantom of the Opera on Sydney Harbour. In perfect timing, The Phantom itself is celebrating 40 years this year as well. Revived from the 2022 original of …
Opera Australia has dug into the library and revived its 2014 production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin by Danish Director Kasper Holten. Holten showed early promise in his career and, at the age of 27 was appointed the youngest Artistic …
Endangered Productions are a relatively new company and are perfectly positioned to provide the much needed rungs on the ladder …
3 ½ stars
The City Recital Hall was crammed to the rafters last night. The crowd were keen to see the much anticipated opening to the tour “Cocteau’s Circle” with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Based around the …
Last night, Opera Australia launched their 2025 Winter season with a bang at Sydney Opera House. Georges Bizet’s Carmen is one of the most popular and most performed operas in the …
How on earth is Pinchgut Opera going to follow up their new production of Purcell’s “The Fairy Queen”? This time, they have truly outdone themselves with an awe inspiring spectacle. The baroque opera features music chock full of exquisite …
It was a full house last night in the Concert Hall of Sydney Opera House. The crowd piled in to see music legend Chaka Khan celebrating 50 years in music. With …
5 stars
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations are famous throughout the world and stand out as unique in his vast catalogue of compositions. Beginning and ending with the same refined aria, the work builds, then heads off on various …
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 …
Opera Australia opened La Traviata last night at the Joan Sutherland Theatre in Sydney Opera House. With a big cruise ship in Circular Quay there were many Americans in the audience and the house was filled to overflowing. The …