Opera
Carmen review: a new look for a classic opera at Sydney Opera House
One of the most famous operas of the 19th century gets a 21st century makeover.
Opera review: Aphrodite, Carriageworks
A collaboration between the Sydney Chamber Opera and Omega Ensemble that favours cerebral engagement over emotional impact.
Opera review: Samson & Delilah, Palais Theatre
Engaging musical performance meets middling narrative delivery in this traditional interpretation of an ancient story.
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.
Opera review: Flight, Her Majesty’s Theatre
State Opera South Australia’s ‘Flight’ is opera for our times.
Opera review: Innocence, Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival
A complex and multilayered production about collective guilt and trauma that deployed different languages and singing styles.
Performance review: Opera for the Dead (祭歌), Asia TOPA 2025
A cyber-opera that deserves the world stage.
Opera review: Candide, Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House
Bernstein’s crowd-pleasing comic operetta will have audiences laughing at the absurdity of extreme ideas.
Opera review: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Royal Exhibition Building
Melbourne Opera stays well within its comfort zone for Wagner’s epic comedy.
So you want my arts job: Librettist
If you possess humility, audacity, originality and passion, becoming a librettist may suit you, says playwright, director, dramaturg and librettist…