Victorian Opera has announced its 2027 season. It’s one with a more than a sprinkle of fairy dust, says Artistic Director Stuart Maunder.

“I want magic,” sings Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, and don’t we all?” he said.

“In 2027, Victorian Opera explores a world in which we all experience magic. Not just illusion or theatrical trickery, though there will be plenty of that too, but the deeper magic that happenswhen a room full of people comes together to feel something profound. That is what opera can do, and that is what Victorian Opera will deliver in 2027.”

Rhonda Burchmore in Victorian Opera’s Iolanthe. Photo supplied

There’s a bit of magic first up in the season, with Gilbert & Sullivan’s fantastical operetta Iolanthe playing at the Palais Theatre across 30 January – 3 February. Following on from 2026’s The Pirates of Penzance, Maunder and conductor James Pratt band together once more for this production, with Rhonda Burchmore set to star as the flighty Queen of the Fairies.

Maunder also directs this year’s season closer...