Review: Katya Kabanova (Victorian Opera)
Alexander Briger conducts this exciting cine-opera take on a Janáček tragedy rarely performed on these shores.
Alexander Briger conducts this exciting cine-opera take on a Janáček tragedy rarely performed on these shores.
A G&S tonic, a new Australian opera, a 'neglected gem' and a twist on a classic to mark VO's 21st anniversary.
A top-shelf cast ensues little is lost in a stripped-back staging of Gilbert and Sullivan's rollicking melodrama.
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.
VO's Stuart Maunder spills the tea on a season featuring Sondheim's Follies, a Mozart Abduction and a site-specific Jane Austen opera.
Epic theatre, chamber music, new works and classics reinterpreted in the Melbourne venue's busy 2024 calendar.
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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.
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.
It’s too easy to dismiss the comic operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan as quaint anachronisms – especially in the wake of the recent Coronation.
The big finish to Wagner's monumental Ring cycle is musically and dramatically strong, engaging and a feather in Melbourne Opera's cap.
The problem child third opera in Wagner’s Ring tetralogy, Siegfried is dominated by male voices but women save the day.