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    • Editor's Choice The Marriage of Figaro

    Opera Australia: The Marriage of Figaro

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    David McVicar’s classy production shifts opera’s famous comedy of manners back a century from Mozart’s time, with thoughtful direction, lavish sets and the prettiest of frocks. A tale of savvy servants outwitting their amorous masters, it features a string of greatest hits from Cherubino’s Voi che sapete to Figaro’s Non più andrai. Canadian…
    Editor's Choice La Bohème

    Opera Australia: La Bohème

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Gale Edwards’ tried and trusted production of Puccini’s classic returns to Sydney. Ditching Paris for the seedy world of 1930s Berlin cabarets doesn’t make perfect sense, but it looks good and has stayed the course thanks to a series of well-cast revivals over the years. For this latest outing, Australian…
    Editor's Choice THE MAGIC FLUTE

    State Opera South Australia: The Magic Flute

    Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Adelaide, SA, Australia
    A new creative partnership with Hong Kong Opera and the Beijing Music Festival opens with a Mozart classic. Staged by film, theatre and opera director Shuang Zou and designed by Dan Potra, it fuses one of the finest scores from Classical-era Vienna with the modern visual culture of the Asia-Pacific to create…
    Der Rosenkavalier

    National Opera: Der Rosenkavalier

    The Street Theatre 15 Childers St, Canberra, ACT, Australia
    Join National Opera this August 2025 for a fast-paced, thoughtfully condensed version of Richard Strauss’s beloved opera, Der Rosenkavalier. Presented in under 90 minutes, this adaptation offers audiences a fresh way to experience the charm, emotional nuance, and elegance of one of Strauss’s most enduring works. At the heart of Der Rosenkavalier lies a…
    Editor's Choice Carmen

    Opera Australia: Carmen

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Melbourne Theatre Company Artistic Director Anne-Louise Sarks helms a new production of Bizet’s classic that aims to be “a Carmen for our time”, asking “urgent questions about opera’s iconic femme fatale”. Given her insightful semi-staged take on Missy Mazzoli’s Breaking the Waves last year, she might just do it. An intriguing…
    Der Rosenkavalier

    National Opera: Der Rosenkavalier

    The Street Theatre 15 Childers St, Canberra, ACT, Australia
    Join National Opera this August 2025 for a fast-paced, thoughtfully condensed version of Richard Strauss’s beloved opera, Der Rosenkavalier. Presented in under 90 minutes, this adaptation offers audiences a fresh way to experience the charm, emotional nuance, and elegance of one of Strauss’s most enduring works. At the heart of Der Rosenkavalier lies a…

    Voxalis Opera: After Romance

    The Old Museum 480 Gregory Tce, Bowen Hills, QLD, Australia
    After a sold-out collaboration in 2023 (La Canción), Voxalis Opera and the Queensland Art Song Festival reunite for another unforgettable evening of music. ​Headlining the program is internationally acclaimed Australian-Kiwi baritone Morgan Pearse, returning to Australia ahead of a dynamic season of performances with Pinchgut Opera, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra,…
    Editor's Choice THE MAGIC FLUTE

    State Opera South Australia: The Magic Flute

    Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Adelaide, SA, Australia
    A new creative partnership with Hong Kong Opera and the Beijing Music Festival opens with a Mozart classic. Staged by film, theatre and opera director Shuang Zou and designed by Dan Potra, it fuses one of the finest scores from Classical-era Vienna with the modern visual culture of the Asia-Pacific to create…
    Nabucco

    The Cooperative: Nabucco

    Pitt Street Uniting Church, Sydney 264 Pitt St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Golden harp of prophetic bards, why do you hang, silent, from the willow? Reignite memories deep in our chest, and tell us of a time that once was ... Milano, 1842. Not yet afforded nationhood and under the oppression and occupation of a larger, powerful regime, the first audiences of…
    Editor's Choice La Bohème

    Opera Australia: La Bohème

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Gale Edwards’ tried and trusted production of Puccini’s classic returns to Sydney. Ditching Paris for the seedy world of 1930s Berlin cabarets doesn’t make perfect sense, but it looks good and has stayed the course thanks to a series of well-cast revivals over the years. For this latest outing, Australian…
    Der Rosenkavalier

    National Opera: Der Rosenkavalier

    The Street Theatre 15 Childers St, Canberra, ACT, Australia
    Join National Opera this August 2025 for a fast-paced, thoughtfully condensed version of Richard Strauss’s beloved opera, Der Rosenkavalier. Presented in under 90 minutes, this adaptation offers audiences a fresh way to experience the charm, emotional nuance, and elegance of one of Strauss’s most enduring works. At the heart of Der Rosenkavalier lies a…
    • Editor's Choice Carmen

    Opera Australia: Carmen

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Melbourne Theatre Company Artistic Director Anne-Louise Sarks helms a new production of Bizet’s classic that aims to be “a Carmen for our time”, asking “urgent questions about opera’s iconic femme fatale”. Given her insightful semi-staged take on Missy Mazzoli’s Breaking the Waves last year, she might just do it. An intriguing…

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