Lindy Hume explains why she is excited to be co-creating a dark, erotic retelling of the Grimm fairytale.

Opera Queensland’s touring production of The Barber of Seville will use choruses sourced from eight regional centres Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Churchill Trust report author David Barnard is "irresponsible" and "self-interested," says Opera Queensland's Lindy Hume.

A stunning new Butterfly for Queensland delivers mixed results.

The Korean-born soprano talks about embracing the cultural perils of Puccini’s tragic Madama Butterfly. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

With opera companies more and more regularly dazzled by the lights of Broadway, we investigate the seemingly irresistible rise of musical theatre.

A workmanlike production of an old favourite carried over the line by Aldo Di Toro’s vocal fireworks.

Inquiry into the state of opera in Australia invites lovers of the art form to have their say. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

2014's powerful Puccini success sets the tone for opera company's accessible 2015 season.

Opera in a boundless landscape I’m in “The Isa” for the last hurrah of the crazy-brave adventure that has been OperaQ’s Project Puccini, and I’m thrilled to crow that our improbably ambitious journey across regional Queensland, incorporating a total of 384 local choristers into our beautiful new production of Puccini’s La bohème, has been an unqualified success Like the extraordinary team of people who will bring the performance to life tonight, I’m simultaneously relieved and sad that it’s over, but the overwhelming emotion is the thrill of achieving a seemingly impossible goal. From its planning phases two years ago until the final strains of Puccini’s achingly sad Act 4 silence at the Mt Isa Civic Centre tonight, this project has been special, and ensuring its success will continue to focus the minds of everyone involved With Project Puccini ‘everyone involved’ means literally hundreds of people across thousands of kilometres: the army of locals who participated or worked on the show; the touring company of stage technicians; wardrobe/wigs; tour and stage management; principal singers; QSO musicians; the show’s assistant director and conductor; and the OperaQ support team in our South Bank HQ. Every one of them has contributed to the project heart…

Hyeseoung Kwon’s gorgeous Mimi shines in a fun-sized version of Puccini’s classic. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Talented locals steal the limelight as OperaQ's La Bohème tours regional Queensland.