West Australian Opera unveils “unifying” 2026 season
WAO promises "opera that speaks to the heart" in a 2026 season of three mainstage classics and a secret 'pop-up' experience.
WAO promises "opera that speaks to the heart" in a 2026 season of three mainstage classics and a secret 'pop-up' experience.
This acrobatic take on Gluck's opera may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it’s full of spectacle and interest.
Rusalka is a potent reminder that opera is a hybrid beast with real power to engage and sometimes overwhelm.
In 2024 West Australian Opera presents a year reflecting on love, loss, and longing with ancient stories, myths, and legends.
This new take on Puccini’s classic combines visual chic and grittiness in a visually impressive and emotionally moving production.
The third collaboration between WA Opera and UWA’s Conservatorium of Music, Oratorio is a startling resurrection of an “ugly duckling”.
The lineup includes Carmen in the WACA, Sondheim's Into the Woods, a new Bohème and a world premiere by Lachlan Skipworth, with a new work in the Noongar language scheduled for 2024.
This terrific, newly commissioned opera for children by Emma Jayakumar shows how far WA Opera has travelled in recent years under Artistic Director Chris van Tuinen.
Our Little Inventor is based on Sher Rill Ng's children's book. Emma Jayakumar explains how the two of them collaborated to create a new family work for West Australian Opera.
Operatic treatment enhances Mendelssohn's oratorio despite a smudgy accoustic.
The season includes the world premiere of the first opera performed in Noongar language, a new musical theatre work by Tim Finn performed in English and Tahitian, and a Figaro double.
While live performance is returning, travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic mean virtually no international artists will tour here. Will we seize the chance to create a greater space for Indigenous, female and ethnically diverse voices to speak to us about Australia today?
Menotti's one-act comedy may not be a masterpiece but feels distinctly relevant right now.