Editor's Choice The Lyrebird’s Voice

Victorian Opera: The Lyrebird’s Voice

The Round 379 - 399 Whitehorse Road,, Nunawading, VIC
Peter Rutherford’s family-friendly opera tells the story of a trickster lyrebird whose pranks go a step too far. Banished by the other birds, he’s forbidden to speak or sing except in mimicry. His subsequent adventures feature an assortment of Australian animals in a celebration of what it means to be…
Editor's Choice The Lyrebird’s Voice

Victorian Opera: The Lyrebird’s Voice

The Round 379 - 399 Whitehorse Road,, Nunawading, VIC
Peter Rutherford’s family-friendly opera tells the story of a trickster lyrebird whose pranks go a step too far. Banished by the other birds, he’s forbidden to speak or sing except in mimicry. His subsequent adventures feature an assortment of Australian animals in a celebration of what it means to be…
The Lyrebird’s Voice

Victorian Opera: The Lyrebird’s Voice

Darebin Arts Centre Cnr Bell St & St Georges Rd, Preston, 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…
The Lyrebird’s Voice

Victorian Opera: The Lyrebird’s Voice

Darebin Arts Centre Cnr Bell St & St Georges Rd, Preston, 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…
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…
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 Abduction

Victorian Opera: Abduction

Palais Theatre, St Kilda St Kilda, VIC, Australia
With a brand-new English-language script, director Constantine Costi attempts to take the sex-trafficking sting out of Mozart’s early, fizzy opera The Abduction from the Seraglio. In Costi’s reimagining, far from being kidnapped, Konstanze and Blonde slip away from their nice-but-dim boyfriends Belmonte and Pedrillo to enjoy the pleasures on offer at…
Editor's Choice Abduction

Victorian Opera: Abduction

Palais Theatre, St Kilda St Kilda, VIC, Australia
With a brand-new English-language script, director Constantine Costi attempts to take the sex-trafficking sting out of Mozart’s early, fizzy opera The Abduction from the Seraglio. In Costi’s reimagining, far from being kidnapped, Konstanze and Blonde slip away from their nice-but-dim boyfriends Belmonte and Pedrillo to enjoy the pleasures on offer at…
Editor's Choice Abduction

Victorian Opera: Abduction

Palais Theatre, St Kilda St Kilda, VIC, Australia
With a brand-new English-language script, director Constantine Costi attempts to take the sex-trafficking sting out of Mozart’s early, fizzy opera The Abduction from the Seraglio. In Costi’s reimagining, far from being kidnapped, Konstanze and Blonde slip away from their nice-but-dim boyfriends Belmonte and Pedrillo to enjoy the pleasures on offer at…

Editor's Choice Katya Kabanova

Victorian Opera: Katya Kabanova

Palais Theatre, St Kilda St Kilda, VIC, Australia
Janáček’s masterpiece of love, adultery and stifling societal convention comes to Melbourne. Based on Ostrovsky’s play The Storm, Katya is a passionate woman trapped in a dull, loveless marriage. When her husband goes away on business, the opportunity for a brief romance with an outsider leaves her wrestling with her…
Editor's Choice Katya Kabanova

Victorian Opera: Katya Kabanova

Palais Theatre, St Kilda St Kilda, VIC, Australia
Janáček’s masterpiece of love, adultery and stifling societal convention comes to Melbourne. Based on Ostrovsky’s play The Storm, Katya is a passionate woman trapped in a dull, loveless marriage. When her husband goes away on business, the opportunity for a brief romance with an outsider leaves her wrestling with her…