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.

Did the combination of inflammation, crash dieting and heartache help shape – and eventually destroy – Maria Callas's unique and polarising voice?

A vibrant new account of Massenet's Biblical epic.

Melbourne's UNESCO-listed Exhibition Building to host an ambitious, all-Australian staging of Wagner's "miracle of complex engineering".

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Though there are signs of belt-tightening, there's plenty to look forward to and anniversaries to celebrate in the Australian arts in 2025.

What do our opera and dance companies have on offer in the year ahead?