As OA postpones Phantom, Lyndon Terracini says that the company needs government help and compares the current situation to the Great Depression.

The Australian Festival of Chamber Music, the OA Sydney winter season, and the Bangalow Music Festival are among the numerous cancellations as COVID restrictions remain in place in NSW and Victoria.

Damiano Michieletto's new Tales of Hoffmann for Opera Australia is to be postponed to a future season due to the NSW Government’s extended stay-at-home orders in Sydney.

The Dutch composer and musical agitator, whose music crossed boundaries, has passed aged 82.

The musical performer discusses playing the Phantom in the West End and now for Opera Australia, as well as panic attacks and the power of meditation.

A brand new production of Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann, starring Australian soprano Jessica Pratt, comes to Sydney alongside the return of Aida and Attila.

The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical will open in Sydney in November, co-produced by Opera Australia and the Gordon Frost Organisation.

The Australian tenor, whose career spanned almost six decades, has died at 93.

The luminous Australian soprano has died at home of cancer at the age of 49.

The new fellowships, which will see young musicians mentored by members of the Opera Australia Orchestra, are designed to assist the professional development of early career string players.

Opera Australia and the Really Useful Group will stage Cameron Mackintosh’s new production in September, with Australian performer Josh Piterman in the title role.

The company has announced its Melbourne autumn season, featuring two Verdi productions.