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".
Creating Opera Australia's 2026 season without an artistic director has been a galvanising challenge, "a real team effort".
Andrew Bovell distills a century of political violence and secrecy into the story of a Madrid family struggling with its demons.
With lashings of on-stage chemistry, this all-conquering Neil Armfield production of Handel's Julius Caesar is a triumph.
Steve Dow talks to academics, historians and stage directors about Julius Caesar and his ongoing resonance within the arts.
Simon Stone directs Kaija Saariaho’s last opera, Australian Dance Theatre celebrates 60 years, and Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal returns.
Ray Lawler revolutionised the Australian theatre with Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, but his influence extended far beyond his own writing.
Watershed, though not strictly an opera, is everything contemporary opera should be and so rarely is.
Neil Armfield's powerful production persuasively backs the argument that Arthur Miller's drama is true tragedy.
Christos Tsiolkas explains why he felt compelled to put his fear aside to co-write the libretto for Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan.
Five contemporary operas, a bigger Melbourne presence, more women conductors and directors – Jo Davies' inaugural season suggests a change of direction for OA.
Hail Caesar! Sydney's Baroque opera specialists to present some of the most enduring works in the repertoire in 2024.
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.
Anthony LaPaglia stars in Neil Armfield’s outstanding new production of Arthur Miller’s timeless tragedy.