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News, Opera
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Opera Australia at 70: Classics and new voices in a season of celebration

Creating Opera Australia's 2026 season without an artistic director has been a galvanising challenge, "a real team effort".

August 5, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Song of First Desire (Belvoir)

Andrew Bovell distills a century of political violence and secrecy into the story of a Madrid family struggling with its demons.

February 21, 2025
Opera
Live Review

Review: Julius Caesar (Pinchgut Opera)

With lashings of on-stage chemistry, this all-conquering Neil Armfield production of Handel's Julius Caesar is a triumph.

November 22, 2024
Classical Music, Opera, Theatre
features

Trumping Caesar

Steve Dow talks to academics, historians and stage directors about Julius Caesar and his ongoing resonance within the arts.

October 21, 2024
Dance, Festivals, Opera
news

Adelaide Festival unveils first three productions for 2025

Simon Stone directs Kaija Saariaho’s last opera, Australian Dance Theatre celebrates 60 years, and Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal returns.

August 26, 2024
News, Theatre
news

Playwright Ray Lawler has died

Ray Lawler revolutionised the Australian theatre with Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, but his influence extended far beyond his own writing.

July 27, 2024
Opera
Live Review

Review: Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan (Opera Australia)

Watershed, though not strictly an opera, is everything contemporary opera should be and so rarely is.

June 16, 2024
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Death of a Salesman (GWB Entertainment & Andrew Henry Presents)

Neil Armfield's powerful production persuasively backs the argument that Arthur Miller's drama is true tragedy.

May 23, 2024
Books, Classical Music, Opera
features

Into the Deep

Christos Tsiolkas explains why he felt compelled to put his fear aside to co-write the libretto for Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan.

May 20, 2024
Opera
news

Opera Australia signals change with its 2024 season

Five contemporary operas, a bigger Melbourne presence, more women conductors and directors – Jo Davies' inaugural season suggests a change of direction for OA.

October 24, 2023
Opera
news

Pinchgut Opera launches 2024 season

Hail Caesar! Sydney's Baroque opera specialists to present some of the most enduring works in the repertoire in 2024.

October 10, 2023
Classical Music, Film, Opera, Orchestral, Theatre, Vocal & Choral
news

Introducing the October 2023 issue of Limelight

This month's features explore OA's new 'Digital Ring', the stage adaptation of The Dictionary of Lost Words, Mahler's Ninth, and Sir Eugene Goossens' push for the SOH.

September 13, 2023
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Death of a Salesman (GWB Entertainment & Red Line Productions)

Anthony LaPaglia stars in Neil Armfield’s outstanding new production of Arthur Miller’s timeless tragedy.

September 8, 2023

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