Victorian Opera
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…
Are opera audiences really in decline? Big picture results reveal all
ArtsHub has collated the data on our major opera companies recent attendance figures and financials to reveal some interesting trends.
Musical review: Follies, Palais Theatre
Australia’s first ever fully staged production of 'Follies' deserves an extended run.
Opera review: Eucalyptus: The Opera, Palais Theatre
Jonathan Mills' opera makes its long-awaited debut in Melbourne.
Opera review: La Rondine, Palais Theatre
A production that celebrated the operatic skill and emotive gusto of leads Kiandra Howarth and Won Whi Choi.
Opera review: Galileo, Victorian Opera
A bold and epic new opera from Richard Mills that almost reaches its potential.
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.
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…
What our opera companies have on offer in 2023
Two Wagner Ring Cycles, First Nations and new commissioned works, plus a Gilbert and Sullivan festival, offer some diverse opera…