• The Magic Pudding: The Opera

    Victorian Opera: The Magic Pudding: The Opera

    The Round 379 - 399 Whitehorse Road,, Nunawading, VIC
    Victorian Opera is bringing its adored adaptation of Norman Lindsay’s classic The Magic Pudding to the stage for an unmissable return season. Filled with a measure of musical magic, deliciously playful costumes and a hearty helping of theatrical magic, this dinky-di delight brings Lindsay’s larrikinism to life. This Australian classic…
    Editor's Choice La Traviata

    Opera Australia: La Traviata

    Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Verdi’s iconic tale makes landfall in Melbourne. Sarah Giles, one of Australia’s most thoughtful theatremakers, deploys a lightly updated setting to explore the opera’s emotional heart. Stacey Alleaume and Maria Laura Iacobellis share the role of the consumptive heroine Violetta, with Filipe Manu and Oreste Cosimo as her lover Alfredo,…
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    State Opera South Australia: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma

    His Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide
    Bellini’s opera is considered the pinnacle of the bel canto repertoire. Pollione, the Roman proconsul of Gaul, has had a secret affair and two children with Norma, a Druid high priestess, but his attention has now turned to a young novice, Adalgisa. Helena Dix, who made her recent Metropolitan Opera…
    The Magic Pudding: The Opera

    Victorian Opera: The Magic Pudding: The Opera

    The Round 379 - 399 Whitehorse Road,, Nunawading, VIC
    Victorian Opera is bringing its adored adaptation of Norman Lindsay’s classic The Magic Pudding to the stage for an unmissable return season. Filled with a measure of musical magic, deliciously playful costumes and a hearty helping of theatrical magic, this dinky-di delight brings Lindsay’s larrikinism to life. This Australian classic…
    Editor's Choice La Traviata

    Opera Australia: La Traviata

    Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Verdi’s iconic tale makes landfall in Melbourne. Sarah Giles, one of Australia’s most thoughtful theatremakers, deploys a lightly updated setting to explore the opera’s emotional heart. Stacey Alleaume and Maria Laura Iacobellis share the role of the consumptive heroine Violetta, with Filipe Manu and Oreste Cosimo as her lover Alfredo,…
    The Drover’s Wife

    Opera Australia: The Drover’s Wife

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Molly Johnson is a survivor. Heavily pregnant, she’s left alone to care for her children in a remote Snowy Mountains shanty. Between the snakes, bullocks and hostile travellers on her doorstep, she faces no shortage of threats. With her husband away droving sheep, she faces them alone. But when Yadaka,…
    Editor's Choice CINDERELLA (La Cenerentola)

    State Opera South Australia: CINDERELLA (La Cenerentola)

    Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Adelaide, SA, Australia
    In a theatrical coup, Neil Armfield heads to Adelaide to direct Rossini’s comedy in which a resourceful young woman outwits her mean-spirited family to win the heart of a prince, without the aid of magic. The production, which promises a retro 1970s twist, stars Anna Dowsley as Angelina (Cinderella) and…
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    Opera Australia: Opera Australia’s 70th Anniversary Gala

    Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    The national opera company showcases its proud history with a gala concert. Arias and ensembles from 10 of the world’s most popular operas – think Verdi, Bizet, Puccini – are complemented by slices of Benjamin Britten, whose works were once a core component of OA’s repertoire. There’s a special focus too on…
    The Drover’s Wife

    Opera Australia: The Drover’s Wife

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Molly Johnson is a survivor. Heavily pregnant, she’s left alone to care for her children in a remote Snowy Mountains shanty. Between the snakes, bullocks and hostile travellers on her doorstep, she faces no shortage of threats. With her husband away droving sheep, she faces them alone. But when Yadaka,…
    The Drover’s Wife

    Opera Australia: The Drover’s Wife

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Molly Johnson is a survivor. Heavily pregnant, she’s left alone to care for her children in a remote Snowy Mountains shanty. Between the snakes, bullocks and hostile travellers on her doorstep, she faces no shortage of threats. With her husband away droving sheep, she faces them alone. But when Yadaka,…
    Margaret & The Grey Mare

    The Substation: Margaret & The Grey Mare

    The Substation 1 Market Street, Newport, VIC, Australia
    Margaret & The Grey Mare is an opera, a fever dream about an opera and an immersive video installation written in collaboration with a chatbot that has been coded to act as a channel to an ancient Celtic land spirit. Anchoring the project is a sprawling hour-long video opera. The…
    The Drover’s Wife

    Opera Australia: The Drover’s Wife

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Molly Johnson is a survivor. Heavily pregnant, she’s left alone to care for her children in a remote Snowy Mountains shanty. Between the snakes, bullocks and hostile travellers on her doorstep, she faces no shortage of threats. With her husband away droving sheep, she faces them alone. But when Yadaka,…