Opera Australia’s new Verdi tops the poll with Melbourne Theatre Company the other judges favourite. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Zambello’s handsome Carmen is graced by some fine performances, and not just from the horses.

Rossini's six characters in search of an author find one, plus a first-rate director and production to boot.

A stunning, if far from fairytale, ending to OA’s Ring.

Armfield and Vinke find the Mensch in the Ubermensch.

Feathers and speedos in the first part of Neil Armfield's Wagnerian vision gets this Ring off to a great start.

Australia's most respected director on what music means to him and how he learned to love Wagner’s epic.

As he prepares for his leading role in Opera Australia's new Ring, the Australian heldentenor talks Wagner.

Stars of OA’s Ring Cycle pay tribute to the secret life of Miriam Gordon-Stewart’s grandmother.

With Kaufmann, Sir David McVicar and Kasper Holten, Lyndon Terracini pulls out the big guns for Opera Australia’s 2014 season. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

John Bell's new production of Puccini's "shabby little shocker" is far from shabby but still a shocker.

Theatre turned opera director John Bell on bringing Puccini’s tragic opera to life. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in