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Obsessed with The Drover’s Wife as a child, Leah Purcell has adapted it as a play, novel and film. Then composer George Palmer asked if she would collaborate on an opera.
Obsessed with The Drover’s Wife as a child, Leah Purcell has adapted it as a play, novel and film. Then composer George Palmer asked if she would collaborate on an opera.
After directing Wagner’s Ring Cycle in Hannover, Barrie Kosky vowed he would never tackle it again. Then The Royal Ballet & Opera called.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
The Artistic Director of Victorian Opera tells us about his passion for G&S and the musical celebration he is directing for Opera Australia.
Playing the tragic heroine of Verdi's La traviata is one of opera’s most difficult balancing acts but Stacey Alleaume relishes the challenge.
Cameron Lam’s Australian Art Music playlist focuses on Classical, Jazz, and Sound Art made outside of our capital cities this month.
Best known for an action movie career that took him to Hollywood stardom, Chan will fuse martial arts directly into the fabric of Puccini's Turandot.
Composers Alice Chance and Alex Turley are among the recipients of financial support to create new operatic work.
Luxury casting guarantees a thrill-a-minute concert as Verdi’s masterpiece lands west of the Divide.
Accompanied by Glenn Amer, Lee Abrahmsen and Warwick Fyfe save the day with a masterclass that would do Wagner proud.
Timothée Chalamet's controversial comments and a new book by Caitlin Vincent, Opera Wars, lead Peter Tregear to ponder what (and who) is opera for?
Niquet and Charvet’s bristling Carmen challenge Gardiner’s HIP first choice.
Honouring its 40-year legacy with a phantastic new Phantom at the helm, this spectacular outdoor staging of Lloyd Webber’s megamusical is unmissable.