• The Magic Pudding: The Opera

    Victorian Opera: The Magic Pudding: The Opera

    Bunjil Place 2 Patrick Northeast Drive, Narre Warren, VIC, Australia
    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 The First Murder

    Pinchgut Opera: The First Murder

    Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    The First Murder (Il primo omicidio) was composed in 1707 by the then hugely successful Alessandro Scarlatti. The narrative in this two-part oratorio finds compassion and hope amid the jealousy and violence of the biblical story of Cain and Abel. Dean Bryant aims to bring a newfound urgency to Scarlatti’s…
    Editor's Choice The First Murder

    Pinchgut Opera: The First Murder

    Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    The First Murder (Il primo omicidio) was composed in 1707 by the then hugely successful Alessandro Scarlatti. The narrative in this two-part oratorio finds compassion and hope amid the jealousy and violence of the biblical story of Cain and Abel. Dean Bryant aims to bring a newfound urgency to Scarlatti’s…
  • Geelong Arts Centre: Opera and Classics in Concert

    Geelong Arts Centre 81 Ryrie Street, Geelong, VIC, Australia
    Performed by esteemed principal artists who have graced the stages of Opera Australia, leading theatres across Europe, and London’s West End, this concert promises a celebration of soaring voices, stunning artistry, and the beauty of timeless repertoire. From the passion and drama of Puccini, Verdi, and Mozart, to the wit…
    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…

    Murray Dahm: Opera Lecture Series – The Operas of the Age of Puccini

    City of Sydney Creative Studios 119 Bathurst Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Since 2003, Opera Bites Co-Founder Murray Dahm has delivered accessible, friendly and informative lectures, drawing on its history, culture and music. Enjoy exploring a variety of areas of operatic history from composers and voice types through to genres and quirky bits of opera trivia. In the late 19th century, Italian…
    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…
    Editor's Choice Requiems

    Opera Australia: Fauré Requiem

    St James Church, Sydney 173 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Opera Australia continues its sidestep into choral repertoire with two great 19th-century Requiems. Completed in 1893, Fauré’s lyrical meditation on death is paired with Barber’s iconic Agnus Dei, the composer’s choral arrangement of his famous Adagio for Strings. The OA Chorus will be conducted by Paul Fitzsimon, with Michael Curtain playing the marvellous…
    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…

    Vivid Sydney: Moonlight Opera | Tumbalong Nights

    Tumbalong Park 11 Harbour Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Big voices. Heart-stopping moments. Opera's most electrifying and famous tunes, delivered in a dramatic, joyful and slightly cheeky style. From spine-tingling vocals to high-voltage favourites that everyone knows from films, cartoons and even pop songs, Moonlight Opera brings show-stopping arias and duets to Tumbalong Nights. It's a night of hopeless romance, tortured betrayal…
    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…
    Editor's Choice Ovation

    Entertainment Consulting: Ovation

    Gippsland Performing Arts Centre 32 Kay St, Traralgon, VIC, Australia
    Four of Australia’s finest voices unite for a concert celebrating musical theatre and opera. Marina Prior and Michael Cormick, whose 2024 tour earned a rave review in Limelight for their star quality and “masterclass in capturing the moment”, join forces with musical theatre powerhouse Silvie Paladino and acclaimed tenor David Hobson.…