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Classical Music, Opera
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Flying Dutchman’s curse strikes at Victorian Opera

Petra Lang and Vitalij Kowalijow pull out of Wagner opera citing vocal difficulties with demanding roles. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

October 12, 2014
Classical Music, Opera
features

Place your bets as Victorian Opera’s youngsters take on King Herod

The 'Voices of Tomorrow' aim to avoid a massacre in Victorian Opera's annual youth production.

October 2, 2014
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Live Review

Review: Norma (Victorian Opera)

Great voices and a concert setting helps make sense of plot. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

August 26, 2014
Classical Music, Opera
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Petra Lang’s debut and Teddy’s Sweeney to hit Victorian Opera

Birthday cheer will flow as freely as Moët, as Victorian Opera celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2015.

August 6, 2014
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Live Review

Review: La Traviata (Victorian Opera)

Vocal pleasures and some real star turns, but too many mirrors reflect badly on Verdi’s drama. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

May 18, 2014
Classical Music, Opera
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Opera Australia announces new Ring conductor

Pietari Inkinen to replace Richard Mills as conductor of The Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013.

July 3, 2013
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Anthony Negus to conduct Melbourne Ring?

British Wagner specialist is rumoured to be the name in the frame to rescue Opera Australia's Ring.

June 20, 2013
Classical Music, Opera
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Richard Mills withdraws from Opera Australia’s Ring in Melbourne

The maestro leading one of Australian opera's largest and most expensive undertakings calls it quits, citing issues of "personal chemistry".

June 5, 2013
Classical Music, Opera
Live Review

Review: Elektra (West Australian Opera)

Savage and unremittently dark, Richard Strauss’ Elektra is a gritty psychological thriller, a tale of revenge, torment, matricide and – yes – love.

February 20, 2012
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news

West Australian Opera appoints new artistic director

New Yorker Joseph Colaneri takes up the baton for Madama Butterfly in July. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

January 31, 2012
Classical Music, Opera, Stage
features

A “roller-coaster ride” complete with matricide

Strauss’s Elektra is the Perth Festival’s most bloodthirsty offering.

January 27, 2012
Classical Music, Opera
features

Emma Matthews: when a songbird is silenced

The soprano on her "trauma" in The Love of the Nightingale.

October 18, 2011
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news

Gill to pass Victorian Opera baton to Mills

What does Melbourne's flagship company have in store when it welcomes Richard Mills as artistic director in 2013?

May 30, 2011

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