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Sondheim’s Follies and Boojum! revival feature in Victorian Opera 2025 season

Artistic Director Stuart Maunder discusses his 2025 season, which includes chamber opera, a lavish musical and a new opera for families.

7 Oct 2024 9:41

Richard Watts

Opera

Stuart Maunder, Artistic Director of Victorian Opera. Photo: Supplied.

“I think one of the biggest problems in my life is the fact that you’ve got to be practical,” says Stuart Maunder, Artistic Director of Victorian Opera.

Theatre availability, orchestral availability, the requirements of funding bodies and other opera companies’ programming all influence Maunder’s decisions when it comes to assembling a season for Victorian Opera (VO), he explains.

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Richard Watts

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