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A glamorous woman in a pink silky gown sits in front of a mirror putting her earrings in. Aphrodite.
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Opera review: Aphrodite, Carriageworks

A collaboration between the Sydney Chamber Opera and Omega Ensemble that favours cerebral engagement over emotional impact.

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Closing: 20 Jul 2025

Art Direction & Senior Management, Administration & Coordination

Orchestra Manager

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 $70,000 - $90,000

Large stage scene of 'Samson & Delilah'. In the centre are figures wearing gold costumes. They are surrounded by cast in black.
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Opera review: Samson & Delilah, Palais Theatre

Engaging musical performance meets middling narrative delivery in this traditional interpretation of an ancient story.

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Nightingale Performing Arts

Stories That Must Be Heard

Nightingale Performing Arts Australia presents two works by acclaimed composer Chloé Charody. This transformative concert weaves classical music and circus…

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Closing: 12 Sep 2025

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Tutti Violin

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 > $100,000

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Closing: 12 Sep 2025

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Principal Cor Anglais

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 >$130,000

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Closing: 12 Aug 2025

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Associate Principal Viola

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 >$130,000

A production on stage with a woman sitting inside a carriage shaped like the letter ‘C’. Opera Australian production.
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Opera Australia operating at a $10 million deficit

Opera Australia's latest announcement of significant financial losses is the latest in a long string of problems for the company.

British countertenor James Laing as the Refugee in State Opera South Australia's 2025 production, 'Flight'. A distressed-looking man dressed in slightly dishevelled, mostly brown clothing, stands in an airport terminal between two rows of uncomfortable-looking metal and plastic seats. The blue-lit panelled wall behind him evokes the bars of a prison cell, while four curving beams of light projected against the walls increase the impression of this man being trapped or avoiding the spotlight.
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Opera review: Flight, Her Majesty’s Theatre

State Opera South Australia’s ‘Flight’ is opera for our times.

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Opera Australia

Carmen

Opera Australia is premiering a bold new production of Bizet’s masterpiece. Guaranteed to be one of the opera events of…

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