After three consecutive five-star Limelight reviews, the Festival of Outback Opera is set to return in 2025 to celebrate its fifth anniversary. To mark the occasion, Opera Queensland has pulled in an international headliner – Korean soprano Sumi Jo – worthy of the increasing profile and ambition of the event, says its Artistic Director Patrick Nolan.

“Every year, as word of our festival spreads, we aim to offer our audiences something special, and having a singer of Sumi Jo’s calibre with us suggests the world is taking notice of Opera Queensland,” he told Limelight in October.

“Sumi Jo has performed at some of the most prestigious houses around the world and at the World Cup and Olympic Games. I can’t wait to introduce her to the spectacular sunsets and those endless starry skies above Winton’s Australian Age of Dinosaurs and Camden Park Station in Longreach. It’s going to be quite an experience for us all.”

Opera Queensland’s Festival of Outback Opera 2023. Photo © Glenn Hunt

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