Editor's Choice Katya Kabanova

Victorian Opera: Katya Kabanova

Palais Theatre, St Kilda St Kilda, VIC, Australia
Janáček’s masterpiece of love, adultery and stifling societal convention comes to Melbourne. Based on Ostrovsky’s play The Storm, Katya is a passionate woman trapped in a dull, loveless marriage. When her husband goes away on business, the opportunity for a brief romance with an outsider leaves her wrestling with her…
Editor's Choice Il trovatore

West Australian Opera: Il trovatore

His Majesty's Theatre, Perth Perth, WA, Australia
Elke Neidhardt’s classic staging of Verdi’s opera comes to Perth. The plot – involving sibling rivalry, mixed-up babies and vengeful mothers – may have more twists and turns than a gypsy’s fandango, but it boasts a back-to-back run of opera’s greatest hits, from the Anvil Chorus to the tenor’s heroic Di quella pira. Asher…
Editor's Choice Katya Kabanova

Victorian Opera: Katya Kabanova

Palais Theatre, St Kilda St Kilda, VIC, Australia
Janáček’s masterpiece of love, adultery and stifling societal convention comes to Melbourne. Based on Ostrovsky’s play The Storm, Katya is a passionate woman trapped in a dull, loveless marriage. When her husband goes away on business, the opportunity for a brief romance with an outsider leaves her wrestling with her…

Lyric Opera of Melbourne: Song from the Uproar – The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt

fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Melbourne’s multi-award-winning Lyric Opera returns to fortyfivedownstairs to present the Australian premiere of this “dazzlingly original score”. First staged at The Kitchen in New York, it has been hailed as a masterpiece of modern opera, drawing influences from baroque to minimalism to indie rock. Isabelle Eberhardt’s journals were a rich…
Editor's Choice Songs from the Uproar – The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt

Lyric Opera of Melbourne: Songs from the Uproar – The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt

fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Melbourne’s intrepid Lyric Opera presents the Australian premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s Song from the Uproar. Set to a libretto by Royce Vavrek, the chamber opera tells the story of Isabelle Eberhardt, a Swiss-Algerian explorer, writer and mystic. Born in 1877, Eberhardt travelled to North Africa where she lived an adventurous, defiant…

Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Victoria: JUBILEE: Celebrating 150 years of Gilbert and Sullivan

Athenaeum Theatre 188 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
This production in the heart of Melbourne’s theatre district celebrates 90 glorious years of ‘innocent merriment’ from one of Australia's oldest performing arts groups, Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Victoria, and 150 years of Trial By Jury, which began the most successful partnership that the theatre has known.

Pot-Pourri: From Figaro to Phantom

The Clocktower Centre 750 Mount Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds, VIC, Australia
Take a handful of Australia’s most talented performers… add a dash of opera and a slice of cabaret, toss in your favourite Broadway hits and a touch of class, a hint of magic and top it all off with a big dollop of comedy. Experience the greatest highlights from Opera…

Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Victoria: JUBILEE: Celebrating 150 years of Gilbert and Sullivan

Athenaeum Theatre 188 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
This production in the heart of Melbourne’s theatre district celebrates 90 glorious years of ‘innocent merriment’ from one of Australia's oldest performing arts groups, Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Victoria, and 150 years of Trial By Jury, which began the most successful partnership that the theatre has known.

Lyric Opera of Melbourne: Song from the Uproar – The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt

fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Melbourne’s multi-award-winning Lyric Opera returns to fortyfivedownstairs to present the Australian premiere of this “dazzlingly original score”. First staged at The Kitchen in New York, it has been hailed as a masterpiece of modern opera, drawing influences from baroque to minimalism to indie rock. Isabelle Eberhardt’s journals were a rich…
Editor's Choice Songs from the Uproar – The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt

Lyric Opera of Melbourne: Songs from the Uproar – The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt

fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Melbourne’s intrepid Lyric Opera presents the Australian premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s Song from the Uproar. Set to a libretto by Royce Vavrek, the chamber opera tells the story of Isabelle Eberhardt, a Swiss-Algerian explorer, writer and mystic. Born in 1877, Eberhardt travelled to North Africa where she lived an adventurous, defiant…
Editor's Choice Il trovatore

West Australian Opera: Il trovatore

His Majesty's Theatre, Perth Perth, WA, Australia
Elke Neidhardt’s classic staging of Verdi’s opera comes to Perth. The plot – involving sibling rivalry, mixed-up babies and vengeful mothers – may have more twists and turns than a gypsy’s fandango, but it boasts a back-to-back run of opera’s greatest hits, from the Anvil Chorus to the tenor’s heroic Di quella pira. Asher…

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