Opera

Opera Australia’s loses its Ring Leader: Conductor withdraws from Ring Cycle project

Opera Australia today confirmed that Australian composer and conductor Richard Mills has withdrawn from its Ring Cycle project, set to…

11 years ago

Oz Opera launches a show for kids

Oz Opera are heading away from the posh theatre for a four-month tour of Victorian primary schools. Oz Opera is…

11 years ago

Olivier Award winning Philip Glass opera to play Melbourne

Last night the prestigious Olivier Awards honoured the best on the West End from musicals to plays and opera to…

11 years ago

Opera Australia: Partenope

I don’t want to been seen as the always dissenting reviewer – but here I go again! This production garnered…

11 years ago

Fun with Opera – Jason Barry-Smith reveals some secrets

Gillian Wills talks to Opera Queensland’s baritone Jason Barry-Smith about Rossini, Oklahoma, six pack abs, bullock trains, stage disasters and…

11 years ago

Hobart Baroqie Festival: L’isola disabitata

It says something about Hobart that I’ve witnessed more wonderful singing here in six months than in my 12 years…

11 years ago

Opera Australia celebrate Verdi

It was back-to-back Verdi for me this week. Opera Australia are celebrating the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi's birth by…

11 years ago

Opera Australia’s AIDA – Ticket Giveaway

Thanks to our good friends at Opera Australia, AussieTheatre have an A-Reserve Double Pass worth $350 to give away to…

11 years ago

OperaMania – emphasis on the ‘Mania’

‘Mania’ is not a word that’s easy to pin down to a simple definition. Depending on the circumstances it could…

11 years ago