The honour of being the first show in a new venue goes to the gritty Cherry Smoke, a play that feels out of step with the times.

EO extends a warm hand to its audience from within a private home with new music and a virtuosic world premiere.

Melbourne Opera’s Ring cycle hits its stride with an energising second instalment of Wagner’s tetralogy.

Transparent and transporting, this Covid-postponed Sydney Chamber Choir showcase of sacred music was well worth the wait.

John Rotar’s Passio is an extraordinarily compelling work, one that surely will stand the test of time.

Melbourne Opera opened the first of its three full Ring cycles in Bendigo with a Das Rheingold packed with fine performances.

Bach Akademie Australia's Easter presentation sets a new measure of excellence for baroque vocal performance.

This compelling, heartfelt and provocative Madama Butterfly remains as relevant and powerful as when first staged in 2014.

Nuanced and magical, this WA Opera production of Stephen Sondheim's twisty 1986 fairytale musical is a triumph.

Love, identity and the pressure to conform in focus as Squabbalogic hits the refresh button on a mid-1960s Broadway oddity.

Shostakovich’s satirical operetta about a Soviet housing crisis gets a funny, inventive modern Melbourne makeover.

Belvoir's production of Sondheim's Into the Woods gets off to a shaky start, but memorable performances and a moving second act win the day.