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    • 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 La bohème

    Opera Queensland: La bohème

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Giving Opera Australia a run for its money is this co-production between Opera Queensland and West Australian Opera. In a handsome staging, first seen in 2023, director Matt Reuben James Ward sets the opera in 1920s Paris. “Yes, this is possibly the most popular opera ever written, and you’ve probably…
    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…
    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 La bohème

    Opera Queensland: La bohème

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Giving Opera Australia a run for its money is this co-production between Opera Queensland and West Australian Opera. In a handsome staging, first seen in 2023, director Matt Reuben James Ward sets the opera in 1920s Paris. “Yes, this is possibly the most popular opera ever written, and you’ve probably…
    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…
    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…

    Sarahlouise Owens: Opera’s Bad Girl – Anna Bishop, the World’s First Daringly Defiant Diva

    Rose Room Sunninghill Ave, Burradoo, NSW, Australia
    Before Melba… there was Anna Bishop.Long before women could vote, let alone take centre stage, one woman rewrote the rules.Opera's Bad Girl is a unique theatrical experience that tells the untamed true story of Anna Bishop — opera’s original rebel. A Victorian-era trailblazer who defied her time, she lived fast,…
    Editor's Choice La bohème

    Opera Queensland: La bohème

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Giving Opera Australia a run for its money is this co-production between Opera Queensland and West Australian Opera. In a handsome staging, first seen in 2023, director Matt Reuben James Ward sets the opera in 1920s Paris. “Yes, this is possibly the most popular opera ever written, and you’ve probably…
    Maid Made Boss (La serva padrona)

    Pinchgut Opera: Maid Made Boss (La serva padrona)

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Get ready for barrels of laughter and charm with Pergolesi’s Maid Made Boss (La serva padrona). This clever comic opera has enchanted audiences since its premiere in 1733. It tells the story of Serpina, a savvy maid who outwits her boss, Umberto, to become the mistress of the house. Its…

    Penrith Symphony Orchestra: Opera Gala

    Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
    A magical evening of opera comes to the Joan, with wonderful moments from some of the greatest exponents of the genre. PSO welcomes back two compelling artists from Opera Australia in an unmissable program.
    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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