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Opera, Theatre
features

Cameron Menzies and the Age of Aquarius

The versatile director discusses his touring production of Hair, opening tonight, The Selfish Giant for VO, and a new song cycle.

August 24, 2019
Classical Music, Opera
features

Victorian Opera to give students backstage access again

Its innovative livestreaming program, which introduces primary school students to opera, returns this month.

May 15, 2019
Classical Music, Opera
news

Jeremy Kleeman wins Royal College of Music Scholarship

The Australian bass-baritone receives a $70,000 scholarship to study at the leading music school in September.

March 4, 2019
Classical Music
features

Richard Gill AO: Celebration of a Life

Not only the celebration of a remarkable life, but a celebration of human life with music at its heart.

February 22, 2019
Classical Music, Opera
Live Review

Review: Parsifal (Victorian Opera)

A musically excellent, perceptively designed and directed production of Wagner’s final opera.

February 21, 2019
Classical Music, Opera
features

Illuminating Wagner’s shadowiest characters

The stars of Victorian Opera’s upcoming production of Parsifal talk the holy fool and the wandering Jew.

February 15, 2019
Classical Music, Opera
features

Composer of the Month: Richard Wagner

He is regularly reviled as something of a monster, but as Michael Scott Rohan finds out, a closer look at Richard Wagner – and in particular his music – reveals a more genial side to the German composer.

February 12, 2019
Classical Music, Opera
news

Limelight’s top shows of 2018: Opera

With the year drawing to a close, we look back over the operas that wowed our critics in 2018.

December 4, 2018
Classical Music, Opera
Live Review

Review: Lorelei (Victorian Opera)

This new commission gives an old story an entertaining makeover with style-hopping music, comedy and feminist attitude.

November 5, 2018
Classical Music, Opera
features

Antoinette Halloran: From Mimì to Mermaid

The soprano, who dropped the double bass for singing lessons as a teenager, talks about Puccini’s heroines, her multifaceted career, and her upcoming star turn as a mermaid.

November 1, 2018
Classical Music, Opera
news

Victorian Opera kicks 2019 off with a starry Parsifal

Wagner’s magnum opus is seen in a new production with an enviable cast, A Little Night Music hits the stage, and Jessica Pratt returns with star mezzo Daniela Barcellona in tow.

October 10, 2018
Classical Music, Opera
features

Siobhan Stagg: Finding Mélisande

Making her anticipated Victorian Opera debut as Debussy’s enigmatic heroine, high-flying soprano Siobhan Stagg relishes the challenge of unravelling her character’s many contradictions.

October 2, 2018
Classical Music, Opera
Live Review

Review: The Capulets and the Montagues (Victorian Opera)

Jessica Pratt and Caitlin Hulcup lead Victorian Opera’s fourth and final Bellini opera in concert with vocal and dramatic flair.

September 17, 2018

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