A Certain Slant of Light

Operantics: A Certain Slant of Light

Phillips Hall, Blackheath Blackheath, 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…

Orpheus & Eurydice

Opera Australia: Orpheus & Eurydice

Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Fall into an ecstatic dream…or is it a nightmare? Journey to the underworld and back. Gluck’s heartbreaking opera follows the grieving Orpheus into the jaws of Hades to rescue his beloved Eurydice. He must complete his quest without looking back, or lose Eurydice forever. Awe-inspiring acrobatics meet Gluck’s exquisite music…
Orpheus & Eurydice

Opera Australia: Orpheus & Eurydice

Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Fall into an ecstatic dream…or is it a nightmare? Journey to the underworld and back. Gluck’s heartbreaking opera follows the grieving Orpheus into the jaws of Hades to rescue his beloved Eurydice. He must complete his quest without looking back, or lose Eurydice forever. Awe-inspiring acrobatics meet Gluck’s exquisite music…
Orpheus & Eurydice

Opera Australia: Orpheus & Eurydice

Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Fall into an ecstatic dream…or is it a nightmare? Journey to the underworld and back. Gluck’s heartbreaking opera follows the grieving Orpheus into the jaws of Hades to rescue his beloved Eurydice. He must complete his quest without looking back, or lose Eurydice forever. Awe-inspiring acrobatics meet Gluck’s exquisite music…
Orpheus & Eurydice

Opera Australia: Orpheus & Eurydice

Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Fall into an ecstatic dream…or is it a nightmare? Journey to the underworld and back. Gluck’s heartbreaking opera follows the grieving Orpheus into the jaws of Hades to rescue his beloved Eurydice. He must complete his quest without looking back, or lose Eurydice forever. Awe-inspiring acrobatics meet Gluck’s exquisite music…

Madama Butterfly

Opera Australia: Madama Butterfly

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Fire. Water. Beauty. Darkness. When love is lost, what is left behind? Cio-Cio-San is a woman who dreams of a bigger life. Pinkerton is a man who sees only a butterfly, something he can capture and keep. His callous pursuit ripples into sweeping tragedy. Puccini’s eternally popular Madama Butterfly is…
Madama Butterfly

Opera Australia: Madama Butterfly

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Fire. Water. Beauty. Darkness. When love is lost, what is left behind? Cio-Cio-San is a woman who dreams of a bigger life. Pinkerton is a man who sees only a butterfly, something he can capture and keep. His callous pursuit ripples into sweeping tragedy. Puccini’s eternally popular Madama Butterfly is…
Madama Butterfly

Opera Australia: Madama Butterfly

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Fire. Water. Beauty. Darkness. When love is lost, what is left behind? Cio-Cio-San is a woman who dreams of a bigger life. Pinkerton is a man who sees only a butterfly, something he can capture and keep. His callous pursuit ripples into sweeping tragedy. Puccini’s eternally popular Madama Butterfly is…
Madama Butterfly

Opera Australia: Madama Butterfly

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Fire. Water. Beauty. Darkness. When love is lost, what is left behind? Cio-Cio-San is a woman who dreams of a bigger life. Pinkerton is a man who sees only a butterfly, something he can capture and keep. His callous pursuit ripples into sweeping tragedy. Puccini’s eternally popular Madama Butterfly is…
Madama Butterfly

Opera Australia: Madama Butterfly

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Fire. Water. Beauty. Darkness. When love is lost, what is left behind? Cio-Cio-San is a woman who dreams of a bigger life. Pinkerton is a man who sees only a butterfly, something he can capture and keep. His callous pursuit ripples into sweeping tragedy. Puccini’s eternally popular Madama Butterfly is…
Turandot

Opera Australia: Turandot

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Turandot never asked them to come, yet they came. She gave them every reason to turn back, even the threat of death. Shrouded in mystery, riddles were her last defence. What would happen if anyone ever cracked her armour? International director and choreographer Ann Yee creates a spectacular new Turandot…
Madama Butterfly

Opera Australia: Madama Butterfly

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Fire. Water. Beauty. Darkness. When love is lost, what is left behind? Cio-Cio-San is a woman who dreams of a bigger life. Pinkerton is a man who sees only a butterfly, something he can capture and keep. His callous pursuit ripples into sweeping tragedy. Puccini’s eternally popular Madama Butterfly is…

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