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Classical Music, Opera
Live Review

Review: Mozart Requiem (Opera Australia)

The OA Orchestra and Concertmaster rise from the pit in blazing form, the Chorus once again affirming its place among the world’s best.

October 5, 2025
News, Vocal & Choral
news

Last Hurrah: Kevin Power steps down after 55 years with The Queensland Choir

The Queensland Choir farewells its leader as an extraordinarily long tenure comes to a close.

May 23, 2025
Opera
Live Review

Review: Hamlet (Opera Australia)

Six years after its first Australian outing, Brett Dean’s must-see opera is back with Allan Clayton recreating his bravura portrayal of the titular Dane.

July 21, 2024
Chamber, Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
news

Newcastle Music Festival announces 2024 lineup

Roderick Williams, Ben Mingay and Simon Tedeschi are amongst the artists gracing the festival’s seventh edition.

June 20, 2024
Festivals, Opera
features

Opera at Jimbour 2024: Teddy Tahu Rhodes revisits an old friend

"He’s hardly the greatest guy around," says Tahu Rhodes, but any chance to play Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca is to be relished.

May 6, 2024
Opera
Live Review

Review: Lucia di Lammermoor (Opera Queensland)

A perfect night at the opera opens OQ's inaugural Brisbane Bel Canto festival, giving soprano Jessica Pratt a production of Lucia to call her own.

April 22, 2024
Opera
Live Review

Review: The Tales of Hoffmann (Opera Australia)

Jessica Pratt and Iván Ayón Rivas head a superb cast in Damiano Michieletto’s thrilling production of Offenbach’s last, greatest opera.

July 13, 2023
Opera
Live Review

Review: Il Trovatore (Opera Australia)

A powerful new production of Verdi’s drama of revenge is crowned by stirring music-making.

July 16, 2022
Opera
Live Review

Review: Mefistofele in Concert (Opera Australia)

Great Italian bass Ferruccio Furlanetto shines in this concert performance of a Faustian obscurity by Arrigo Boito.

May 26, 2022
Opera
Live Review

Review: Turandot (Opera Australia)

This fine OA production of Puccini's opera is a cracking night out, and a perfect antidote to these dark, pestilence-filled days.

January 14, 2022
Opera
Live Review

Review: Carmen (Opera Australia National Tour)

Director and choreographer Matthew Barclay’s Carmen is a handsome looking production that more than satisfies the demands of a travelling outfit on its way to in excess of 30 cities

May 17, 2021
Classical Music, Opera
Live Review

Review: Opera Double Bill (Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University)

Xenia Puskarz Thomas gives an excellent performance in Debussy and Ravel L‘enfant double bill.

September 2, 2017
Classical Music, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: Review: Heavenly Handel (Brisbane Baroque)

Youth and beauty hold sway in this musical Handelian sweetshop. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

April 11, 2015

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