Review: The Sopranos (Opera Queensland)
This new work plays with centuries of expectations around women’s roles in opera.
This new work plays with centuries of expectations around women’s roles in opera.
There is an emphasis on West Australian talent and deep engagement with the community in the state opera company’s programming for next year.
Three performers delve into two eras in one superb concert.
OQ's 2022 season features two newly commissioned works, a classic, a regional tour and the return of the Studio Series and the Festival of Outback Opera, with a strong focus on women.
Amidst this fast-paced, and at times mad reading of Mozart’s masterpiece, the opera ultimately triumphs, with Jeremy Kleeman particularly impressive as Figaro.
Mozart’s glorious music wins the day in Opera Queensland's overly busy, contemporary interpretation of The Marriage of Figaro.
Cabaret and opera combine in this gleeful myth deconstruction, giving you plenty to think and talk about.
The 40th anniversary season will feature Lorelei, a new Marriage of Figaro and Aida with Opera Australia, as well as a regional tour of Are You Lonesome Tonight, which combines opera and country music.
A joyous return to the main stage for Opera Queensland with ENCORE.
Opera Queensland's Patrick Nolan discusses An Aria a Day, which has seen singers from around the world giving viewers their daily dose of opera.
Lorelei gets a second life, Opera Australia's digital Aida comes to town, and Simon O'Neill stars in Tristan und Isolde.
Though dramaturgically flawed, this adaptation of Peter Carey's beloved novel is full of daring and brilliance.
Opera Queensland's production of Verdi's Requiem for the Bleach* Festival will draw on the natural environment of the Gold Coast, with a few surprises thrown in.