Puccini’s La Bohème

Opera Australia: Puccini’s La Bohème

Albany Entertainment Centre 2 Toll Pl,, Albany, WA, Australia
A poet, a painter, a musician and a philosopher walk into a bar to celebrate a sudden windfall in a lean winter. It’s Christmas Eve, and the poet has just felt the first pangs of great love. When a seamstress knocks on his door searching for candlelight, the pair fall…
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 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 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 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…

Geelong Arts Centre: Songs from Grand Opera Stages to London’s West End

Geelong Arts Centre 81 Ryrie Street, Geelong, VIC, Australia
Join us for an unforgettable performance Songs from Grand Opera Stages to London's West End, a celebration of the most beloved music from the worlds of opera and musical theatre. This spectacular event will transport you from the grandeur of Europe's finest opera houses to the vibrant lights of London's West End,…
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…

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