Five Questions for Stuart Maunder
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 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.
Emerging artists interpret numerous oddballs of history in this handsomely staged production of a forgotten mid-century gem.