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News, Opera
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Wagner, Puccini and Australian stories up front in OA’s 2027

Opera Australia returns to full strength in Melbourne with a Wagner world premiere from Sir David McVicar; Sydney to see a new La bohème and a steampunk Magic Flute.

August 12, 2026
Opera
Live Review

Review: The Drover’s Wife (Opera Australia)

An epic Australian story finds lyrical expression through music, movement and commanding central performances.

August 10, 2026
Opera
Live Review

Review: The Drover’s Wife – The Opera (QPAC, Opera Australia & Oombarra Productions)

A new opera confronts our raw history with the highest echelon of Australian performers.

May 19, 2026
Classical Music, Opera, Theatre
features

Sharing Stories

Obsessed with The Drover’s Wife as a child, Leah Purcell has adapted it as a play, novel and film. Then composer George Palmer asked if she would collaborate on an opera.

April 20, 2026
Opera
Live Review

Review: The Pirates of Penzance (Victorian Opera)

The very model of a modern Gilbert & Sullivan production: nostalgic yet fresh and funny, with cast and orchestra on song.

February 2, 2026
Classical Music, Opera
news

“Wonder lives in the telling”: Opera Queensland announces 2026 season

OQ's 2026 season features a hotly-anticipated Queensland premiere, the return of a 2025 success and a sparkling new production of a Broadway classic.

November 13, 2025
Opera
Live Review

Review: La bohème (Opera Queensland & Brisbane Festival)

Bohème again – but this staging slays with stunning performances and design.

September 5, 2025
News, Opera
news

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
Dance, News, Theatre
news

Brisbane Festival 2025: Celebrating the soul of a city

Featuring 21 world premieres, the 2025 Brisbane Festival promises "a world-class event with a fiercely local heart".

June 11, 2025
Chamber, Opera
Live Review

Review: Pearls (Southern Cross Soloists)

SXS sparkle with a scintillating world premiere in an eclectic jubilee concert of jazz, opera and First Nations music.

June 3, 2025
Festivals, Opera
Live Review

Review: Festival of Outback Opera – Dark Sky Serenade (Opera Queensland)

In the elemental surroundings, Korean star Sumi Jo steals the show with a performance that takes root in the memory.

May 18, 2025
Opera
Live Review

Review: Flight (State Opera South Australia)

A fine operatic metaphor for the transience and troubles of modern life, but Flight's rhyming libretto reduces uplift.

May 9, 2025
Festivals, Opera
features

Nina Korbe: On Country under the stars

Soprano Nina Korbe is doubly proud to be singing under the vast skies of western Queensland. “Being on my traditional land, I asked myself: what songs and sounds do I want to offer as a gift?"

April 22, 2025

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