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Elijah Trevitt, Larissa Kiyoto-Ward, Lilla Harvey, Isobelle Dashwood and Jett Ramsay in a promotional image for The Australian Ballet's 'Copland Dance Episodes', part of the company's 2026 season. A dynamic photograph of five ballet dancers in brightly coloured clothes, performing contemporary, lively choreography.
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2026 season announcements: our rolling guide to the performing arts

Orchestras, recital centres, theatre companies and more: we're compiling a list of 2026 season announcements, to be updated regularly, for…

Promotional image for Opera Australia's 2026 production of 'La Bohème'. The photo shows a young woman in white walking away from a young man, who clings to her left hand as if imploting her to stay.
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Beleaguered Opera Australia announces its 2026 season

Next year marks the national opera company’s 70th anniversary, and follows a tumultuous 12 months for Opera Australia.

Nina Korbe as Molly Johnson in a promotional image for QPAC and Opera Australia's 2026 co-production, 'The Drover's Wife – The Opera'. The photo shows a First Nations woman standing in profile, her arms folded and her face shadowed beneath a battered Akubra hat. The background is shadowy, highlighting the isolated female figure.
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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…

A crowd scene in Rusalka.
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Rusalka review: a near-perfect staging of Dvořák's most famous opera

Opera Australia’s new production of Rusalka is opera at its enchanting best.

A sinister figure wearing a half-mask over his face and 19th Century clothes, including a long, black, cloak-like coat, gestures dramatically as he sings. He stands in front of a large statue of an angel playing the violin in the scene from Opera Australia's Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour 2022 production, 'Phantom of the Opera'.
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The Phantom of the Opera returns to haunt Sydney Harbour in 2026

Opera Australia’s 2026 Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour kicks off a global celebration of Phantom’s 40th anniversary.

a group of performers including some bare-chested circus performers on stage in a scene from Opera Queensland and Circa's world premiere production of 'Orpheus & Eurydice', 2019. The back white wall has THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE in red scrawled across it.
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Opera Queensland and Circa’s Orpheus & Eurydice set for European premiere at Edinburgh International Festival

The critically acclaimed production, created by Opera Queensland and Circa and presented by Edinburgh International Festival and Opera Australia, unites…

a group of performers including some bare-chested circus performers on stage in a scene from Opera Queensland and Circa's world premiere production of 'Orpheus & Eurydice', 2019. The back white wall has THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE in red scrawled across it.
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Opera Queensland and Circa’s Orpheus & Eurydice set for European premiere at Edinburgh International Festival

The critically acclaimed production, created by Opera Queensland and Circa and presented by Edinburgh International Festival and Opera Australia, unites…

A production on stage with a woman sitting inside a carriage shaped like the letter ‘C’. Opera Australian production.
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Opera Australia operating at a $10 million deficit

Opera Australia's latest announcement of significant financial losses is the latest in a long string of problems for the company.

A crowd scene of 'Candide'. The dancing cast is dressed in period costume. There is a faded caravan behind them.
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Opera review: Candide, Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House

Bernstein’s crowd-pleasing comic operetta will have audiences laughing at the absurdity of extreme ideas.

On the Move is ArtsHub’s weekly round-up of Australian arts sector comings and goings. A young woman practices slackrope walking.
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

ArtsHub’s weekly round-up of Australian arts sector comings and goings.

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