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Editor's Choice Festival of Outback Opera

Opera Queensland: Are You Lonesome Tonight

Qantas Founders Museum 1 Hudson Fysh Drive, Longreach Airport, Longreach, QLD, Australia
Once again, Opera Queensland goes on the road to some of the region’s finest outback towns combining opera with ochre sunsets and great pubs! There’s a gala ball for those who like to glam up and a gathering under the night skies during Dark Sky Serenade. Or you can enjoy the camaraderie…
Editor's Choice Are You Lonesome Tonight

Opera Queensland: Are You Lonesome Tonight

Barcaldine Town Hall 71 Ash Street, Barcaldine, QLD, Australia
Opera and country and western might sound like curious musical bedfellows, but this quirky show was a hit for Opera Queensland back in 2021. Now, it’s touring nationally. Patrick Nolan’s clever concept mixes arias by the likes of Puccini and Verdi with classic country songs by Slim Dusty, Troy Cassar-Daley,…
The Lyrebird’s Voice

Victorian Opera: The Lyrebird’s Voice

Frankston Arts Centre 27-37 Davey Street, Frankston, VIC, Australia
Have you ever heard a lyrebird’s call? You may have, but mistaken it for something else – these ornate birds are expert copycats, mimicking all sorts from kookaburras to camera shutters. In this family-friendly opera, one trickster lyrebird goes a step too far and gets in trouble with their friends…

Opera Australia: Opera Australia at St James’ Church

St James Church, Sydney 173 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Experience one of the greatest choral works ever written in a concert performance at Sydney’s historic St James’ Church. Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem is a transformative, meditative musical experience. Completed in 1947 and drawing on the traditional Gregorian Mass for the Dead, Duruflé’s Requiem will make your heart soar. From the…
The Lyrebird’s Voice

Victorian Opera: The Lyrebird’s Voice

Frankston Arts Centre 27-37 Davey Street, Frankston, VIC, Australia
Have you ever heard a lyrebird’s call? You may have, but mistaken it for something else – these ornate birds are expert copycats, mimicking all sorts from kookaburras to camera shutters. In this family-friendly opera, one trickster lyrebird goes a step too far and gets in trouble with their friends…

Editor's Choice Samson & Delilah

Melbourne Opera: Samson & Delilah

Palais Theatre, St Kilda St Kilda, VIC, Australia
It’s hard to believe, but Saint-Saëns struggled for decades to find companies willing to stage what is now considered his operatic masterpiece. In a series of epic choral scenes and intimate love duets, the composer tells the Biblical tale of Samson, the mighty Israelite, brought low by the treachery (and…
Opera in the Pub

Opera Bites: Opera or … Pasta?!

The Harold 70A Ross Street, Forest Lodge, NSW, Australia
Opera . . . in a pub? You heard right! Opera Bites brings best-loved opera hits to the relaxed atmosphere of your local pub. Opera or … Pasta?! Opera can be daunting, for the newcomer as much as the experienced opera goer – sometimes the names of operas, composers, characters…
Editor's Choice Samson & Delilah

Melbourne Opera: Samson & Delilah

Palais Theatre, St Kilda St Kilda, VIC, Australia
It’s hard to believe, but Saint-Saëns struggled for decades to find companies willing to stage what is now considered his operatic masterpiece. In a series of epic choral scenes and intimate love duets, the composer tells the Biblical tale of Samson, the mighty Israelite, brought low by the treachery (and…

More than Opera: BrunnhAilde – A Wagnerian Concert

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
The Power of Love versus the Love of Power – an adaptation of Wagner’s Ring Cycle. Traditionally spanning four days, Wagner’s epic is now condensed into one evening, thanks to the vision of Dr. David Kram AM. The performance features a presentation on AI-assisted animation techniques by Swinburne University’s James…
Editor's Choice The Fairy Queen

Pinchgut Opera: The Fairy Queen

Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Pinchgut brings magic to Sydney’s Roslyn Packer stage for performances of Purcell’s spectacular semi-opera, The Fairy Queen. An adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, it was first performed in 1692 and was the 32-year-old composer’s most ambitious stage work to date, full of scenic transformations, fairies and frivolity. Purcell sets a…

Voxalis Opera: A Woman’s Love and Life

St Andrew's Uniting Church, Brisbane 299 Ann St, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
One of Voxalis Opera’s most celebrated recitals, A Woman’s Love and Life breathes new life into Schumann’s beloved Frauenliebe und Leben in a beautifully re-imagined 60-minute performance. Journey through the life of a woman in love—from the thrill of meeting her soulmate, through to the elation of their marriage and…
Editor's Choice The Fairy Queen

Pinchgut Opera: The Fairy Queen

Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Pinchgut brings magic to Sydney’s Roslyn Packer stage for performances of Purcell’s spectacular semi-opera, The Fairy Queen. An adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, it was first performed in 1692 and was the 32-year-old composer’s most ambitious stage work to date, full of scenic transformations, fairies and frivolity. Purcell sets a…

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