A year after a terrifying bout of the coronavirus, with blood clots in her lungs, the Australian soprano has finally recovered and is about to play Vitellia in La Clemenza di Tito for Canberra's new National Opera.
Melbourne’s opera drought breaks with a multi-year Ring cycle’s bold start.
Das Rheingold will open at Melbourne's newly renovated Regent Theatre in February, with the Cycle culminating in 2023.
The UK-based Australian soprano thought she'd recovered from COVID-19 then had to be rushed to hospital as she struggled to breathe. She shares her petrifying experience with honesty and humour.
Melbourne’s annual awards ceremony for the performing arts takes stock of 2019’s best and brightest.
A modest yet mostly satisfying production of Beethoven’s only opera.
In the 250th anniversary year of Beethoven’s birth, Melbourne Opera is tackling his only opera, Fidelio. Conductor Anthony Negus discusses the work’s power and the influence of one of its greatest interpreters.
Bel canto specialist Helena Dix leads Norma’s long awaited return to Melbourne.
Soon to unveil her Norma for Melbourne Opera, the Australian soprano talks about the challenges of accompanied recitative, the tension between words and music, and putting her own stamp on bel canto's Mt Everest.
Meistersinger takes out best Production in the Opera category while Beautiful: The Carole King Musical cleans up in Musical Theatre at this year’s Green Room Awards.
A ghost ship worth catching before it sails away later this week.
About to take on Wagner's cursed sailor for Melbourne Opera, the bass-baritone discusses the joys of a short rehearsal period, training like an athlete, and the humanity of the Dutchman.
Rossini’s now rarely seen take on Shakespeare’s tragedy is hampered by the plot’s hollowed out drama.
