Review: The Spare Room (Victorian Opera)
This new adaptation of Helen Garner’s novel elevates ordinary life through Jane Hammond’s evocative score and the design’s overarching beauty.
This new adaptation of Helen Garner’s novel elevates ordinary life through Jane Hammond’s evocative score and the design’s overarching beauty.
A fantastical G&S operetta, Previn's Streetcar, Mozart's Figaro and an airing of a new Aussie work among VO's 2027 highlights.
The very model of a modern Gilbert & Sullivan production: nostalgic yet fresh and funny, with cast and orchestra on song.
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.