New Australian opera
The Drover's Wife – The Opera to have 2026 world premiere at QPAC’s new Glasshouse Theatre
Adapted by Leah Purcell AM from her play, novel and film, The Drover's Wife – The Opera features a score…
Opera review: Two Remain, fortyfivedownstairs
This premiere Australian production features the true stories of two Holocaust survivors.
Opera review: Orpheus & Eurydice, Sydney Festival
Far from detracting from the enjoyment, acrobats add to the complexities of this classic opera.
Opera review: Galileo, Victorian Opera
A bold and epic new opera from Richard Mills that almost reaches its potential.
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.
Opera review: The Visitors, Arts Centre Melbourne
Victorian Opera's adaptation of Jane Harrison's novel and play leads audiences to new ways of thinking about opera and Australia’s…
Opera review: Idomeneo, Palais Theatre
A striking co-production that draws on Greek mythology to offer hope for a new world.
Opera review: Melbourne, Cheremushki, Arts Centre Melbourne
An aggressively Melbourne (tote bag included) version of the Russian original opera.
Opera review: Voss
Australia’s own ‘grand opera’ fills the stage for one night only thanks to State Opera South Australia and Victorian Opera.
Opera review: The Turn of the Screw
Henry James's classic text is reconfigured into a haunting chamber opera in this new State Opera SA production.