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Opera
Live Review

Review: Katya Kabanova (Victorian Opera)

Alexander Briger conducts this exciting cine-opera take on a Janáček tragedy rarely performed on these shores.

October 15, 2025
News, Opera
news

Victorian Opera announces 2026 season

A G&S tonic, a new Australian opera, a 'neglected gem' and a twist on a classic to mark VO's 21st anniversary.

October 6, 2025
Opera, Theatre
Live Review

Review: The Pirates of Penzance – In Concert (Prospero Arts Concert Series)

A top-shelf cast ensues little is lost in a stripped-back staging of Gilbert and Sullivan's rollicking melodrama.

December 6, 2024
Classical Music, Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Opera
features

A Wonderful Folly

Stuart Maunder will fulfil a bucket list dream when he directs Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies for Victorian Opera. He tells Jo Litson why the musical is so special, and challenging.

November 25, 2024
News, Opera
news

Victorian Opera launches 2025 Season

VO's Stuart Maunder spills the tea on a season featuring Sondheim's Follies, a Mozart Abduction and a site-specific Jane Austen opera.

October 7, 2024
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news

Fortyfivedownstairs reveals 2024 season

Epic theatre, chamber music, new works and classics reinterpreted in the Melbourne venue's busy 2024 calendar.

December 6, 2023
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera, Orchestral
news

Voting closes Sunday for Limelight’s 2023 Artists of the Year

There's one week left to vote for your favourite Artist of the Year – and the race is neck and neck.

October 10, 2023
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
news

Who will be Limelight’s 2023 Artists of the Year? Help us decide

It’s time to vote for the Australian and international artists you’d most like to see honoured in this year’s Limelight Awards.

September 1, 2023
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
Live Review

Review: Sweeney Todd (Sydney Opera House)

Sondheim's throat-slashing musical gets a razor-sharp production, with a fine double act from Ben Mingay and Antoinette Halloran at its dark heart.

July 28, 2023
Opera
Live Review

Review: The Pirates of Penzance (State Opera South Australia)

Much love and care has gone into the making of this Pirates of Penzance, and all of its facets are delivered with playfulness and vigour.

May 15, 2023
Opera
Live Review

Review: H.M.S. Pinafore (State Opera South Australia)

It’s too easy to dismiss the comic operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan as quaint anachronisms – especially in the wake of the recent Coronation.

May 15, 2023
Opera
Live Review

Review: Götterdämmerung (Melbourne Opera)

The big finish to Wagner's monumental Ring cycle is musically and dramatically strong, engaging and a feather in Melbourne Opera's cap.

April 3, 2023
Opera
Live Review

Review: Siegfried (Melbourne Opera)

The problem child third opera in Wagner’s Ring tetralogy, Siegfried is dominated by male voices but women save the day.

April 1, 2023

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