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Opera review: Aida, Sydney Opera House

A dazzling reimagining of Verdi’s classic tragedy.

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Opera review: Rigoletto, Sydney Opera House

Go see it for the music, not the reprehensible, misogynistic storyline.

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Opera Australia’s Ring Cycle is finally heading to Brisbane

Several years in the making and delayed because of COVID, Wagner’s monumental work comes to Queensland for the first time.

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Opera review: Satyagraha in Concert, Opera Australia

An excellent show of musicality from cast and orchestra, but a divisive musical style and modern political dilemmas may put…

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Opera review: Ferruccio Furlanetto In Concert, Melbourne Recital Centre

A world-class performance that is a bitter reminder of Opera Australia’s slim pickings in Melbourne this year.

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Wagner's monumental Ring Cycle comes to regional Victoria

In an historic first, Melbourne Opera is opening its production of the Ring Cycle at the Ulumbarra Theatre in Bendigo.

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Victorian Opera and Opera Australia have announced their first ever collaboration

In a year that is light on OA’s Melbourne offerings, a new collaboration between it and VO offers food for…

opera singers on stage for La Boheme at Sydney Opera House
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Opera review: La Bohème, Opera Australia

While Gale Edward's version of the opera goes out with a spectacular bang, this retiring production will endure in people's…

Career Advice

So you want my arts job: Chorus Master

Paul Fitzsimon has been Opera Australia’s Chorus Master since 2019. Here, he shares the secrets of his trade.

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Opera review: Don Giovanni, Opera Australia

Ukrainian baritone Andrei Kymach thrills as Mozart’s doomed reprobate.

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