Opera Australia announces its 2022 season
Highlights include the Australian premiere of La Juive, a new digital production of Il Trovatore, Olivier Py's staging of Lohengrin, as well as Maria Stuarda and Mefistofele in concert.
Highlights include the Australian premiere of La Juive, a new digital production of Il Trovatore, Olivier Py's staging of Lohengrin, as well as Maria Stuarda and Mefistofele in concert.
Our Recording of the Month for June is the debut recital from Mauritian-Australian soprano Stacey Alleaume. Clive Paget caught up with the rising star soprano to talk repertoire, recording during a pandemic, and what’s ahead.
An Australian rising star makes an auspicious debut on disc, chamber music dominates in a month of major names, and a visceral new opera dissects the heart.
Debut recording is the cap on this soprano's astonishing few years.
Mitchell Butel’s witty direction gives early Cavalli an enticing 21st-century makeover.
Stacey Alleaume gives a glorious performance as Violetta in Opera Australia's restaging of the inaugural Opera on Sydney Harbour production.
Julie Lea Goodwin is gorgeous as the merry widow Hanna Glavari, and perfectly supported by Alexander Lewis as Danilo Danilovich.
Opera Australia has announced that the HOSH season cancelled in 2020 will be staged in 2021, and that its ongoing partnerships for the outdoor event will extend to 2023.
A rich, confident revival helmed by strong performances.
Two operas rarely seen in Australia, some more familiar fare, four musicals, digital stagings and the future of opera – OA's Lyndon Terracini discusses the lot.
The Australian-Mauritian soprano will make her role debut as Violetta when La Traviata returns to Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour next year.
Michael Fabiano makes a promising role debut, but the real star is Elena Maximova's vividly realised Charlotte.
Three new digital productions, William Kentridge’s Wozzeck, a new opera about Brett Whiteley, and singers including Jonas Kaufmann and Lise Lindstrom.