A fine production engages the mind; the richness and depth of Verdi’s melodic invention stuns the senses.

WAO promises "opera that speaks to the heart" in a 2026 season of three mainstage classics and a secret 'pop-up' experience.

Nicole Car dazzles in Sarah Giles’s five-star staging of Dvořák’s masterpiece – the best in decades.

After navigating turbulence in recent weeks, Opera Australia charts a course to "engage and delight" in 2025.

Rusalka is a potent reminder that opera is a hybrid beast with real power to engage and sometimes overwhelm.

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This month, West Australian Opera unveils a brand-new, all-Australian production of Rusalka. We talk to the creatives staging it.

The 'age-quake' shaking up dance; Dvořák’s opera Rusalka; the connections between poetry and music; plus Marina Prior, Xavier de Maistre and Olivier Latry feature this month.

The 'age-quake' shaking up dance; Dvořák’s opera Rusalka; the connections between poetry and music; plus Marina Prior, Xavier de Maistre and Olivier Latry feature this month.

Limelight talks to director Sarah Giles about the return of a COVID-cancelled comedy that speaks to the moment more loudly than before.

Dickens’ festive classic is cleverly reinvented with cross-cultural humour, heart and Christmas magic.

The 15-play season, 11 by Australian writers, includes a 'cine-theatre' staging of Dracula, a co-pro with Dublin's Gate Theatre, and a new production of the musical Dear Evan Hansen.