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We talk to director Suzanne Chaundy about creating "an absolute opera event" in an iconic UNESCO Heritage-listed venue.

A sumptuous, perfectly cast production of this rarely performed musical gives deeply satisfying context to some of Sondheim’s most loved songs.

Melbourne's Australian Contemporary Opera Company pulls the plug on its February festival. Slow advance sales to blame.

Management turbulence continues at Opera Australia with Fiona Allan departing after three years as CEO.

Rising Sydney soprano Eden Shifroni heads to London for two years of financially supported study at the Royal College of Music Opera Studio.

The free, Opera Australia-produced, BMW-sponsored event is ready to make a few opera converts among the crowd, says soprano Olivia Cranwell.

Operantics' "fantastically prescient" Brecht-Weill double bill takes its audiences on a whistle-stop tour of the Seven Deadly Sins.

The comic jewel in Opera Australia’s crown is back, reinvigorated by a brilliant cast and a reading of Rossini’s score under conductor Daniel Smith that’s up there with the best.

It may be camp, but this Wagner-lite music drama still manages to deliver a cautionary tale about hubris and human folly amid the glitz and glamour.

A brilliant new interpretation of a Baroque masterpiece.

Joy and wonder among the fun and laughter in Opera Australia's fairytale 2025 season opener.