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Opera
Live Review

Review: The First Murder (Pinchgut Opera)

This brilliantly conceived production of Scarlatti's 1707 oratorio is set in contemporary times, on a beach, with superb performances all round.

May 24, 2026
News, Opera
news

Opera Australia reports dramatic financial turnaround

Musicals and harbour spectaculars help company recover from multi-million-dollar deficit.

May 20, 2026
News, Opera
news

Elena Kats-Chernin booked for Wings of Desire opera project

The renowned Australian composer will write the music for a new opera based on Wim Wenders' classic 1987 film.

May 19, 2026
Opera
Live Review

Review: The Drover’s Wife – The Opera (QPAC, Opera Australia & Oombarra Productions)

A new opera confronts our raw history with the highest echelon of Australian performers.

May 19, 2026
Opera
Live Review

Review: 70th Anniversary Gala (Opera Australia)

Avoiding greatest-hits predictability, the national opera company celebrates a milestone birthday with a satisfyingly thoughtful, ensemble-driven program.

May 18, 2026
Opera
Live Review

Review: Norma (State Opera South Australia)

Opera meets outer space in this cosmic collaboration between science, technology and the arts.

May 18, 2026
Opera
Live Review

Review: Britten’s Tenor & La Voix humaine (Opera Australia)

This mini-festival of short works underlines the merits of OA’s Young Artist Program and the career-readiness of its graduates.

May 18, 2026
Classical Music, Opera, Theatre
news

Introducing the June 2026 issue of Limelight

With TwoSet Violin for its cover stars, the June issue of Limelight is all about artists reshaping the ways in which audiences engage with the arts.

May 12, 2026
Opera
Live Review

Review: La Cenerentola (State Opera South Australia)

With a highly gifted and vocally balanced cast, this is ensemble performance at its best.

May 11, 2026
Opera
Live Review

Review: The Flying Dutchman (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)

Shipshape and Bristol fashion. No weak links in this WASO Wagner led by British baritone Christopher Maltman.

May 10, 2026
Classical Music, Opera, Theatre, Vocal & Choral
news

CreateSA announces funding recipients and international opera project

Sixty projects to share in more than $1 million in funding; State Opera South Australia and Opera Hong Kong to partner up for Hansel & Gretel.

May 7, 2026
Opera
Live Review

Review: La Cenerentola (Opera Queensland)

A masterclass in whimsy, humour and quirk, with inspired direction and fine singing.

May 1, 2026
Opera
features

Paradise lost – on the beach

Pinchgut Opera melds the Old Testament with Aussie holiday tradition in a reimagined, psychologically driven staging of Scarlatti’s The First Murder.

May 1, 2026

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