Opera
![Candide. A group of flamboyantly dressed 18th century figures gather around a bare chested central figure.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Charlie-Kinross-HR-1157.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Candide, Palais Theatre
Operatic technique played second fiddle to a hilarious and hugely enjoyable production.Â
![The Magic Flute. A man in blue overalls and shirt playing a flute. There are silhouettes of birds on a curtain behind him.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/magic.jpg?w=310)
Opera review: The Magic Flute, Sydney Opera House
A new iteration by director Kate Gaul on Mozart's classic search for truth and reason, love and enlightenment.
![‘The Nightingale and Other Fables’ upcoming at Adelaide Festival 2024, directed by Robert Lepage. Photo: Michael Cooper. A performer in traditional Chinese garment standing on a rooftop with a branch extending out into the violet night sky.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/vd-oYqjY.jpg?w=310)
Orientalism, a stain that taints Australian opera?
From yellowface to chinoiserie – Orientalism pervades Western stages, so will that include Adelaide Festival’s upcoming, lauded centrepiece opera?
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Opera Australia and Pinchgut Opera announce inaugural collaboration
A story of religious devotion ending in martyrdom, Handel’s ‘Theodora’ will be staged in concert at Sydney Opera House.
![Orpheus & Eurydice. Minimal white stage set featuring a cage, with acrobats and opera singers.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/53457397202_92b5bed5b2_k.jpg?w=310)
Opera review: Orpheus & Eurydice, Sydney Festival
Far from detracting from the enjoyment, acrobats add to the complexities of this classic opera.
![A promotional image for Opera Australia. Against the sails of the Sydney Opera House a figure in red looks up to the sky.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Pink-dress-brand-image-1920x960-1.jpg?w=310)
What our opera companies are offering in 2024
New leadership means new energy for major companies in an exciting year.
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Opera review: Galileo, Victorian Opera
A bold and epic new opera from Richard Mills that almost reaches its potential.
![Götterdämmerung. A Wagnerian male singer is on his knees screaming out in distress, while a man behind him attacks him with a staff. Other figures stands out around in furs.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/53380831929_89080ffebc_o-1.jpg?w=310)
Opera review: Götterdämmerung (The Ring Cycle), QPAC
Well-crafted and powerfully delivered, Götterdämmerung’s resounding success concluded a polished and exceptional Ring Cycle presented by Opera Australia in Brisbane.
![Siegfried. Lone man with sword on a red stage in front of huge image of glaring eyes.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/53376221873_abdefe5591_o.jpg?w=310)
Opera review: Siegfried (The Ring Cycle), QPAC
'Siegfried' offers some of Wagner’s finest singing in an opera that has its flaws alongside its emotional highs.    Â
![Die Walküre. A purple and reddish backdrop with a huge silver flying bird like figure above a group of silver clad warrior women.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/53369262717_cc095e656d_o.jpg?w=310)
Opera review: Die Walküre (The Ring Cycle), QPAC
Some very fine singing within a panoply of impressive digital imagery makes 'Die Walküre' a winner on many levels.Â