Glass half-full for State Opera SA

Adelaide opera-goers are booking for the full Philip Glass Trilogy, rather than for individual operas as expected.

State Opera SA’s Einstein on the beach. Image: Darren Williams Photography

Ticket sales are tracking well for the world premiere of the complete Philip Glass TrilogyAkhnaten, Einstein on the beach and Satyagraha – to be staged next month by State Opera South Australia (SOSA).

‘We live in interesting times in terms of box office – people are buying late – but we’re actually tracking according to plan, which is all good,’ said the company’s Chief Executive and Artistic Director, Timothy Sexton.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts