In August, Opera Australia announced three key appointments – Music Director, Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board – with a Director of Opera to follow. Peter Tregear discusses the restructure and hopes it will lead to a better future at our national opera company, following recent turmoil.
Opera Australia, Australia’s largest performing arts company, has once again proved to be the wellspring of an internal drama of, dare one say, operatic proportions, generating ripples far beyond those lapping Bennelong Point and its venerable opera house.
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Melbourne OA patrons are poorly served by this ‘national’ company. When appointed Rob Sims commented that Melbourne was missing out on adequate programming but did little to change this poor cousin dynamic. Melbourne has a lot of innovative & less costly productions that punch way above the dollars spent. It’s exciting to be part of this culture, that would be enhanced further by fair financial input from OA. Not paying attention will have consequences.