Review: The Merry Widow (Opera Queensland)
This production certainly glitters visually, but all is not gold.
This production certainly glitters visually, but all is not gold.
An interesting production not without its problems, balanced by some strong performances.
She made her operatic debut at 28 as Lucia, so it takes a lot to faze this British-born, Australian soprano. Ahead of her Sydney debut, she tells us why doing the role feels like going home.
Zambello's finely-judged Ring goes up in flames leaving the women to inherit what's left of the earth.
Gender-swap aside, this is an important, deeply moving opera at a time when we need to continue these conversations.
A gripping production and fine acting count for much, but this Siegfried is still holding out for a hero.
Young singers specialising in bel canto can win the chance to travel to Italy for an intensive study period.
A strongly cast production with real gravitas makes for a very fine second instalment in Wagner's Ring Cycle.
The Space Between by Paul Grabowsky and writer Steve Vizard is a tribute to the operatic heroine.
A finely cast Rheingold makes an appropriately glittering start to Zambello's 'American' Ring.
A work by choreographer Mark Morris and Yo-Yo Ma's Silkroad Ensemble will have its Australian premiere in Melbourne.
US premiere of a Donizetti opera proves a case of dramatic snakes and musical ladders.
Aussie composer Liza Lim's intriguing 'cut-out' opera receives a handsome second staging in the USA.