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Turn of the Screw

IOpera: Turn of the Screw

Athenaeum Theatre 188 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Benjamin Britten’s opera, composed in 1954, is a gripping setting of the famous novella by Henry James of strange goings-on in a remote English manor house. There, a young governess has been employed to care for two children—Flora and Miles—but she quickly discovers that nothing is quite as it first…
Editor's Choice Dead Man Walking

Freeze Frame Opera: Dead Man Walking

Fremantle Prison 1 The Terrace, Fremantle, WA, Australia
Freeze Frame Opera has built its reputation on a determination to introduce new audiences to opera and an imaginative approach to site-specific work. Now, the company turns its attention to a contemporary classic with the West Australian premiere of Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking. Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about…
Editor's Choice Dead Man Walking

Freeze Frame Opera: Dead Man Walking

Fremantle Prison 1 The Terrace, Fremantle, WA, Australia
Freeze Frame Opera has built its reputation on a determination to introduce new audiences to opera and an imaginative approach to site-specific work. Now, the company turns its attention to a contemporary classic with the West Australian premiere of Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking. Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about…
Featured The Sorcerer

Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Sydney: The Sorcerer

The Art House 19-21 Margaret Street, Wyong, NSW, Australia
Fall in Love with the Magical Mayhem of The Sorcerer! Step into a charming English village where love and chaos collide in Gilbert & Sullivan's delightfully mischievous comic opera! When Alexis employs a mysterious sorcerer to spread love throughout town, his potion creates hilarious pandemonium as villagers fall for the…

Featured The Sorcerer

Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Sydney: The Sorcerer

Soldiers' Memorial Hall, Bundanoon 3 Railway Ave, Bundanoon, NSW, Australia
Fall in Love with the Magical Mayhem of The Sorcerer! Step into a charming English village where love and chaos collide in Gilbert & Sullivan's delightfully mischievous comic opera! When Alexis employs a mysterious sorcerer to spread love throughout town, his potion creates hilarious pandemonium as villagers fall for the…
Featured The Sorcerer

Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Sydney: The Sorcerer

Soldiers' Memorial Hall, Bundanoon 3 Railway Ave, Bundanoon, NSW, Australia
Fall in Love with the Magical Mayhem of The Sorcerer! Step into a charming English village where love and chaos collide in Gilbert & Sullivan's delightfully mischievous comic opera! When Alexis employs a mysterious sorcerer to spread love throughout town, his potion creates hilarious pandemonium as villagers fall for the…

Voxalis Opera: Pelléas et Mélisande

The Old Museum 480 Gregory Tce, Bowen Hills, QLD, Australia
Step into a world of shadows, secrets, and forbidden desires with Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande. Set in a mysterious, dreamlike kingdom, this opera presents an intricate portrait of human fragility and unspoken truths. ​When Prince Golaud discovers the enigmatic Mélisande lost in the forest, her presence begins to unravel the…

Voxalis Opera: Pelléas et Mélisande

The Old Museum 480 Gregory Tce, Bowen Hills, QLD, Australia
Step into a world of shadows, secrets, and forbidden desires with Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande. Set in a mysterious, dreamlike kingdom, this opera presents an intricate portrait of human fragility and unspoken truths. When Prince Golaud discovers the enigmatic Mélisande lost in the forest, her presence begins to unravel the…

Opera Australia: The Opera Australia Gala Concert

Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
For the first time in 42 years, the full forces of the Opera Australia Orchestra, Chorus and soloists are coming to Canberra Theatre Centre for a one-night-only Gala Concert. Conductor Tahu Matheson will lead over 80 artists, including an all-star cast of some of Australia’s most in-demand singers including Lorina Gore, Diego…
Leanne Kenneally & Alex Raineri – Songs of Light and Sky

Opera Queensland: Leanne Kenneally & Alex Raineri – Songs of Light and Sky

Opera Queensland Studio South Bank, QLD, Australia
A radiant evening of soaring voices and timeless melodies, celebrating the elegance and emotional power of the world’s greatest lyric sopranos. One of Australia’s and Brisbane’s very own great lyric soprano, Leanne Kenneally, explores the beauty of the human voice and the music of the skies, with unforgettable songs of…
Featured The Sorcerer

Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Sydney: The Sorcerer

Smith Auditorium, Shore School Blue St, North Sydney, NSW, Australia
Fall in Love with the Magical Mayhem of The Sorcerer! Step into a charming English village where love and chaos collide in Gilbert & Sullivan's delightfully mischievous comic opera! When Alexis employs a mysterious sorcerer to spread love throughout town, his potion creates hilarious pandemonium as villagers fall for the…
Featured The Sorcerer

Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Sydney: The Sorcerer

Smith Auditorium, Shore School Blue St, North Sydney, NSW, Australia
Fall in Love with the Magical Mayhem of The Sorcerer! Step into a charming English village where love and chaos collide in Gilbert & Sullivan's delightfully mischievous comic opera! When Alexis employs a mysterious sorcerer to spread love throughout town, his potion creates hilarious pandemonium as villagers fall for the…

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