A rewarding celebration of an Australian Contemporary Opera Company anniversary led by artists who were there from the start.

This Melbourne production of US composer Jake Heggie's two-act opera touches with its pain, humanity and emotional complexity.

Powerful Australian presences on stage and podium contribute to a Ring Cycle that gives its audiences much to think about.

When three Australians appear on the same bill at one of the world’s most prestigious opera houses, it’s an occasion worthy of celebration.

Standing in for Daniel Barenboim, Christian Thielemann delivers a musical triumph, while director Dmitri Tcherniakov succeeds in honouring Wagner's dramatic intentions.

Valentin Schwarz's new production cannot overwhelm the music conducted by Cornelius Meister, but it would be better served as a TV mini-series with its own original music and script.

This absorbing, meditative piece featuring poetry by Leonard Cohen and music by Philip Glass is sure to trigger a good discussion.

Melbourne Opera and IOpera present a rollicking co-production of Kurt Weill's and Bertolt Brecht's rarely staged satirical three-act opera.

Despite fracturing his coccyx earlier in the day, Yonghoon Lee gave a bravura performance as Otello, with some inspired last-minute directorial changes to accomodate his injury.

ACOCo. has confidently emerged from the pandemic with an endearing family (or picnic-with-a-friend) opera, based on Lewis Carroll's famous story.

IOpera provide a well-conceived and pleasurably diverting picture of Handel’s little masterwork, showing that young blood is inspiring the future of opera in Australia.

This month’s concert highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.