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    • Old Maid and the Thief

    IOpera: Old Maid and the Thief

    Athenaeum Theatre 188 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Gian Carlo Menotti’s wittily satirical and sharp comedy of suburban manners and forbidden desire! Originally written for radio in 1939, this masterful one-act work has since gone on to be one of the most performed of twentieth century operas, full of the kinds of dramatic and musical bravura that made…
    Turn of the Screw

    IOpera: Turn of the Screw

    Athenaeum Theatre 188 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Benjamin Britten’s opera, composed in 1954, is a gripping setting of the famous novella by Henry James of strange goings-on in a remote English manor house. There, a young governess has been employed to care for two children—Flora and Miles—but she quickly discovers that nothing is quite as it first…
    Editor's Choice Dead Man Walking

    Freeze Frame Opera: Dead Man Walking

    Fremantle Prison 1 The Terrace, Fremantle, WA, Australia
    Freeze Frame Opera has built its reputation on a determination to introduce new audiences to opera and an imaginative approach to site-specific work. Now, the company turns its attention to a contemporary classic with the West Australian premiere of Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking. Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about…
    Editor's Choice Dead Man Walking

    Freeze Frame Opera: Dead Man Walking

    Fremantle Prison 1 The Terrace, Fremantle, WA, Australia
    Freeze Frame Opera has built its reputation on a determination to introduce new audiences to opera and an imaginative approach to site-specific work. Now, the company turns its attention to a contemporary classic with the West Australian premiere of Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking. Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about…
    Featured The Sorcerer

    Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Sydney: The Sorcerer

    The Art House 19-21 Margaret Street, Wyong, NSW, Australia
    Fall in Love with the Magical Mayhem of The Sorcerer! Step into a charming English village where love and chaos collide in Gilbert & Sullivan's delightfully mischievous comic opera! When Alexis employs a mysterious sorcerer to spread love throughout town, his potion creates hilarious pandemonium as villagers fall for the…
    • Featured The Sorcerer

    Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Sydney: The Sorcerer

    Soldiers' Memorial Hall, Bundanoon 3 Railway Ave, Bundanoon, NSW, Australia
    Fall in Love with the Magical Mayhem of The Sorcerer! Step into a charming English village where love and chaos collide in Gilbert & Sullivan's delightfully mischievous comic opera! When Alexis employs a mysterious sorcerer to spread love throughout town, his potion creates hilarious pandemonium as villagers fall for the…
    Featured The Sorcerer

    Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Sydney: The Sorcerer

    Soldiers' Memorial Hall, Bundanoon 3 Railway Ave, Bundanoon, NSW, Australia
    Fall in Love with the Magical Mayhem of The Sorcerer! Step into a charming English village where love and chaos collide in Gilbert & Sullivan's delightfully mischievous comic opera! When Alexis employs a mysterious sorcerer to spread love throughout town, his potion creates hilarious pandemonium as villagers fall for the…

    Voxalis Opera: Pelléas et Mélisande

    The Old Museum 480 Gregory Tce, Bowen Hills, QLD, Australia
    Step into a world of shadows, secrets, and forbidden desires with Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande. Set in a mysterious, dreamlike kingdom, this opera presents an intricate portrait of human fragility and unspoken truths. ​When Prince Golaud discovers the enigmatic Mélisande lost in the forest, her presence begins to unravel the…

    Voxalis Opera: Pelléas et Mélisande

    The Old Museum 480 Gregory Tce, Bowen Hills, QLD, Australia
    Step into a world of shadows, secrets, and forbidden desires with Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande. Set in a mysterious, dreamlike kingdom, this opera presents an intricate portrait of human fragility and unspoken truths. When Prince Golaud discovers the enigmatic Mélisande lost in the forest, her presence begins to unravel the…
    Editor's Choice

    Opera Australia: The Opera Australia Gala Concert

    Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
    For the first time in over 40 years, the national company comes to the nation’s capital to celebrate Canberra Theatre Centre’s 60th anniversary. Tahu Matheson conducts the OA Orchestra and Chorus in a gala concert directed by OA Young Artist Claudia Osborne. The soloists are sopranos Jennifer Black and Canberra’s…
    Leanne Kenneally & Alex Raineri – Songs of Light and Sky

    Opera Queensland: Leanne Kenneally & Alex Raineri – Songs of Light and Sky

    Opera Queensland Studio South Bank, QLD, Australia
    A radiant evening of soaring voices and timeless melodies, celebrating the elegance and emotional power of the world’s greatest lyric sopranos. One of Australia’s and Brisbane’s very own great lyric soprano, Leanne Kenneally, explores the beauty of the human voice and the music of the skies, with unforgettable songs of…
    Featured The Sorcerer

    Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Sydney: The Sorcerer

    Smith Auditorium, Shore School Blue St, North Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Fall in Love with the Magical Mayhem of The Sorcerer! Step into a charming English village where love and chaos collide in Gilbert & Sullivan's delightfully mischievous comic opera! When Alexis employs a mysterious sorcerer to spread love throughout town, his potion creates hilarious pandemonium as villagers fall for the…

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