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Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Closing Gala – Eva

Reardon Theatre 35 Bank St, Port Fairy, VIC, Australia
Curators Monica Curro and Stefan Cassomenos have set out to examine our heritage and bloodlines, and to rejoice in “the miracle of how millions of notes in the hands of master musicians are crafted into stunning sonic stories,” all the while paying homage to the Ancient Greek mosaic and the…
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…
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…
JUBILEE: Celebrating 150 years of Gilbert and Sullivan

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…
JUBILEE: Celebrating 150 years of Gilbert and Sullivan

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.
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…
JUBILEE: Celebrating 150 years of Gilbert and Sullivan

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.

The Clocktower Centre: A Night on Broadway

The Clocktower Centre 750 Mount Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds, VIC, Australia
Experience some of the most magical musical moments of  international song with one of Australia’s leading acts, sensational Australian group Pot-Pourri. Featuring most-loved highlights from Broadway, music theatre and opera including Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Carmen, La Traviata, Madam Butterfly, Turandot, Lakme, Westside Story, Cats, Chicago, Andrea Bocelli,…

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