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Classical Music, Opera
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The National Opera Review has landed

The report into Australia’s opera companies recommends increased funding and a cap on international singers. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

October 26, 2016
Classical Music, Opera
Live Review

Review: Four Saints in Three Acts (Victorian Opera)

★★★½☆ A perfectly understandable production of good clean gibberish. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

October 3, 2016
Classical Music, Opera
news

Victorian Opera invites you to enter its dark wood in 2017

From fables to fairy stories, from puppets to prostitutes, Richard Mills aims to run the operatic gamut. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

September 13, 2016
Theatre
news

Malthouse announces an outspoken and provocative 2017

Season highlights include new productions of The Elephant Man and The Black Rider plus Complicite’s immersive The Encounter. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

September 1, 2016
Classical Music, Opera
Live Review

Review: Laughter and Tears (Victorian Opera)

★★★★☆ An inspired and telling tale of two mediums: the opera and the circus. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

August 14, 2016
Classical Music, Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Opera, Stage
features

Victorian Opera uses circus thrills to get political on Pagliacci

Director and commedia dell’arte expert Emil Wolk explains how post-WW2 Italy is uncannily like present day Australia. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

August 4, 2016
Classical Music, Opera
news

Opera chiefs defend Australian ADs and singers abroad

Churchill Trust report author David Barnard is "irresponsible" and "self-interested," says Opera Queensland's Lindy Hume.

May 17, 2016
Classical Music, Opera
features

Jessica Pratt: “Nellie Melba deserves an opera house”

Pratt is a singer at the height of her powers, but in spite of her solid gold C.V., she has been a relatively rare presence on home turf.

April 1, 2016
Classical Music, Opera
Live Review

Review: Review: Banquet of Secrets (Victorian Opera)

★★★★☆ A feast for the ears peppered with delicious performances, but an implausible plot leaves a sour taste. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

March 2, 2016
Classical Music, Opera
features

Behind Every Good Banquet There’s A Good Secret

Steve Vizard tells the story behind his new musical collaboration with Paul Grabowsky. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

February 25, 2016
Classical Music, Opera
Live Review

Review: Voyage to the Moon (Victorian Opera, Musica Viva)

A musically sublime but visually slight journey to Baroque heaven.

February 16, 2016
Classical Music, Opera
news

Victorian Opera offers an operatic feast in 2016

Limelight speaks to Richard Mills about 2016’s gastronomic delights, circus thrills, and bel canto masterworks. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

August 21, 2015
Classical Music, Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Opera
Live Review

Review: Sweeney Todd (Victorian Opera)

An almost great production with one unfortunately conspicuous weak link.

July 21, 2015

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