Review: 70th Anniversary Gala (Opera Australia)
Avoiding greatest-hits predictability, the national opera company celebrates a milestone birthday with a satisfyingly thoughtful, ensemble-driven program.
Avoiding greatest-hits predictability, the national opera company celebrates a milestone birthday with a satisfyingly thoughtful, ensemble-driven program.
The Artistic Director of Victorian Opera tells us about his passion for G&S and the musical celebration he is directing for Opera Australia.
The failure of his 1977 musical Ned Kelly was a low point in Reg Livermore’s stellar career. But, he never lost faith in the show.
The very model of a modern Gilbert & Sullivan production: nostalgic yet fresh and funny, with cast and orchestra on song.
Three rising singers will join the company in January to work as ensemble and principal artists throughout the season.
A G&S tonic, a new Australian opera, a 'neglected gem' and a twist on a classic to mark VO's 21st anniversary.
The chamber opera adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel makes its Melbourne debut with a cast in tune with their characters.
A sumptuous, perfectly cast production of this rarely performed musical gives deeply satisfying context to some of Sondheim’s most loved songs.
A top-shelf cast ensues little is lost in a stripped-back staging of Gilbert and Sullivan's rollicking melodrama.
Stuart Maunder will fulfil a bucket list dream when he directs Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies for Victorian Opera. He tells Jo Litson why the musical is so special, and challenging.
Puccini, Verdi, Gilbert & Sullivan and a "secret" production slated for WA Opera's 2025 Season.
VO's Stuart Maunder spills the tea on a season featuring Sondheim's Follies, a Mozart Abduction and a site-specific Jane Austen opera.
In the centenary year of Puccini’s death, Victorian Opera offers his rarely performed late work, La rondine.