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Editor's Choice Carmen

Opera Australia: Carmen

Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Anne-Louise Sarks is at the helm for a new production of Carmen that brings Bizet’s classic bang up to date. An intriguing lineup of talent is headed by Danielle de Niese as Carmen, alternating with Sian Sharp. Mexican-Spanish tenor Abraham Bretón shares the role of Don José with Diego Torre,…
Editor's Choice Carmen

Opera Australia: Carmen

Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Anne-Louise Sarks is at the helm for a new production of Carmen that brings Bizet’s classic bang up to date. An intriguing lineup of talent is headed by Danielle de Niese as Carmen, alternating with Sian Sharp. Mexican-Spanish tenor Abraham Bretón shares the role of Don José with Diego Torre,…

Scali Promotions Australia: José Carreras – Sydney Concert

ICC Sydney 14 Darling Drive, Sydney, NSW, Australia
One of the legendary 3 Tenors, José Carreras returns to Australia this November. On this tour, the tenor will be joined on stage by a guest soprano, under the baton of Maestro David Giménez and accompanied by a 45-piece orchestra. The Sydney show will be on Wed 19 Nov 2025…
Editor's Choice Carmen

Opera Australia: Carmen

Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Anne-Louise Sarks is at the helm for a new production of Carmen that brings Bizet’s classic bang up to date. An intriguing lineup of talent is headed by Danielle de Niese as Carmen, alternating with Sian Sharp. Mexican-Spanish tenor Abraham Bretón shares the role of Don José with Diego Torre,…
A Certain Slant of Light

Operantics: A Certain Slant of Light

Mosman Art Gallery 1 Art Gallery Way, Mosman, NSW, Australia
"There's a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons – That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes –" Emily Dickinson spent most of her life in a single room, but her imagination has reached far beyond 19th century Amherst. In her solitude, she penned nearly 1,800 poems—fleeting, enigmatic, and profound—capturing…
Editor's Choice Boojum!

Victorian Opera: Boojum!

Horticultural Hall 31 Victoria Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Martin and Peter Wesley-Smith’s 1977 work Boojum! received its premiere at the 1986 Adelaide Festival, directed by Gale Edwards. Sitting somewhere on the fault line between opera and musical theatre, it takes characters from Lewis Carroll’s timeless Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and interweaves them with the Victorian author’s classic nonsense…
Editor's Choice Carmen

Opera Australia: Carmen

Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Anne-Louise Sarks is at the helm for a new production of Carmen that brings Bizet’s classic bang up to date. An intriguing lineup of talent is headed by Danielle de Niese as Carmen, alternating with Sian Sharp. Mexican-Spanish tenor Abraham Bretón shares the role of Don José with Diego Torre,…
Editor's Choice Carmen

Opera Australia: Carmen

Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Anne-Louise Sarks is at the helm for a new production of Carmen that brings Bizet’s classic bang up to date. An intriguing lineup of talent is headed by Danielle de Niese as Carmen, alternating with Sian Sharp. Mexican-Spanish tenor Abraham Bretón shares the role of Don José with Diego Torre,…

Artists For Peace: Unmasking the Castrato

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Soprano Ayşe Göknur Shanal will be joined by counter-tenor Tobias Cole, one of the leading proponents of Baroque music, to give an unmatched performance of repertoire made famous by the Castrati, such as Farinelli, but performed rarely, due to the demanding vocal pyrotechnics required. This exciting performance features stunning works…
Editor's Choice Boojum!

Victorian Opera: Boojum!

Horticultural Hall 31 Victoria Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Martin and Peter Wesley-Smith’s 1977 work Boojum! received its premiere at the 1986 Adelaide Festival, directed by Gale Edwards. Sitting somewhere on the fault line between opera and musical theatre, it takes characters from Lewis Carroll’s timeless Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and interweaves them with the Victorian author’s classic nonsense…
Editor's Choice Carmen

Opera Australia: Carmen

Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Anne-Louise Sarks is at the helm for a new production of Carmen that brings Bizet’s classic bang up to date. An intriguing lineup of talent is headed by Danielle de Niese as Carmen, alternating with Sian Sharp. Mexican-Spanish tenor Abraham Bretón shares the role of Don José with Diego Torre,…
Editor's Choice Boojum!

Victorian Opera: Boojum!

Horticultural Hall 31 Victoria Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Martin and Peter Wesley-Smith’s 1977 work Boojum! received its premiere at the 1986 Adelaide Festival, directed by Gale Edwards. Sitting somewhere on the fault line between opera and musical theatre, it takes characters from Lewis Carroll’s timeless Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and interweaves them with the Victorian author’s classic nonsense…

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