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![Candide. Four singers lined up. In the middle are a man in blue shirt and shorts with red braces and a woman in a green strappy 1950s type house dress with a little apron. On either side are two women - one all in orange, including her glasses frames and a wig, and the other the same but in yellow.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/SOSA-ASO-STCSA-CANDIDE-Photo-Andrew-Beveridge-MEDIA-008-e1716780966850.jpg?w=310)
Opera review: Candide, Her Majesty's Theatre
A joyous musical confection and a colourful celebration of self-discovery.
![Three opera singers on a stage in front of a set depicting a candy house. A young woman plays a boy, in the middle a man in Japanese attire is in drag as a witch and on the right a woman plays a young girl. Hansel & Gretel.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/hansel.jpg?w=310)
Opera review: Hansel & Gretel, St Andrew’s Uniting Church, Brisbane
For its premiere full-scale opera, Voxalis’ 'Hansel and Gretel' offered a well-crafted and entertaining production.Â
![West Side Story by Opera Australia. A dark harbourside long shot of two young lovers - Tony and Maria - standing on metal balcony embracing, with a cityscape behind them.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/53602887763_7dc2bfca4e_o.jpg?w=310)
Opera review: West Side Story, Sydney Harbour
A stunning revival production of Opera on the Harbour’s biggest hit musical.
![A scaffolding like set has several bodies positioned within it silhouetted against a lit backdrop. The Threepenny Opera.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/the-threepenny-opera-1-1116-x-652.jpg?w=310)
Opera review: The Threepenny Opera, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Festival
Searing satire and a rage against capitalism wrapped up in a love story.
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Opera review: The Nightingale and Other Fables, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide Festival
A stunningly inventive operatic reimagining makes its Australian debut in Adelaide.Â
![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.
![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.
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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.