Review: Vivaldi’s Seasons (Australian Baroque & West Australian Opera)
Vivaldi's violin concertos made electrifying – risky, imaginative and rhetorically charged.
Vivaldi's violin concertos made electrifying – risky, imaginative and rhetorically charged.
This acrobatic take on Gluck's opera may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it’s full of spectacle and interest.
An impressive Prudence Sanders in various incarnations of historical and mythical heroines including Cleopatra, Armida and Euridice.
In 2024 West Australian Opera presents a year reflecting on love, loss, and longing with ancient stories, myths, and legends.
A short, sweet and informative voyage into deep space with Australian Baroque at the helm.
The company’s outdoor offering for 2023 is its boldest move yet, a well-judged production of Bizet’s Carmen at the WACA stadium.
There is an emphasis on West Australian talent and deep engagement with the community in the state opera company’s programming for next year.
Amidst this fast-paced, and at times mad reading of Mozart’s masterpiece, the opera ultimately triumphs, with Jeremy Kleeman particularly impressive as Figaro.
Freeze Frame Opera presents an operatic Play School and has a whale of a time.