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.

Originally scheduled for 2020, Stuart Maunder's production is well worth the wait.

Sondheim's throat-slashing musical gets a razor-sharp production, with a fine double act from Ben Mingay and Antoinette Halloran at its dark heart.

Much love and care has gone into the making of this Pirates of Penzance, and all of its facets are delivered with playfulness and vigour.

It’s too easy to dismiss the comic operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan as quaint anachronisms – especially in the wake of the recent Coronation.

This interactive staging of Gilbert & Sullivan’s first big hit puts the State Opera chorus front and centre, filling the Adelaide District Court with its power.

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Long-standing aficionado Stuart Maunder chats about Gilbert & Sullivan, their ongoing relevance and State Opera South Australia’s G&S Fest.

Features include the story behind the Dunera Mass, Stuart Maunder's love of Gilbert and Sullivan, Joanna Murray-Smith's new play Julia, and pianist Zubin Kanga's explorations with state-of-the-art technology.

Features include the story behind the Dunera Mass, Stuart Maunder's love of Gilbert and Sullivan, Joanna Murray-Smith's new play Julia, and pianist Zubin Kanga's explorations with state-of-the-art technology.