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Patricia Maunder

Patricia Maunder

Patricia Maunder has been an arts journalist for more than 20 years, contributing to publications in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK including The Sydney Morning Herald and Opera magazine. She is based in Melbourne, but considers Montreal her 'other' hometown after living there in 2012-16. For more about Patricia, visit her website.

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Three international soloists triumph in Opera Australia’s Otello

By Patricia Maunder, 19 February 2022

Splendid performances by Yonghoon Lee and Karah Son breathe life into Harry Kupfer’s 20-year-old production.

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Three international soloists triumph in Opera Australia’s Otello

By Patricia Maunder

Young cast, old production: Opera Australia’s Rigoletto is on song

By Patricia Maunder, 11 May 2019

A much-loved 1991 production evoking Fellini’s post-war glamour and grime is revived with three talented young principals, including Mongolian baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat in the title role.

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Young cast, old production: Opera Australia’s Rigoletto is on song

By Patricia Maunder

Life on the precipice: Opera Australia revives its Berlin Bohème

By Patricia Maunder, 07 November 2018

A fine cast led by Maija Kovalevska conveys the timeless beauty and emotion of Puccini’s Parisian melodrama, but the 1930s Berlin setting remains an imperfectly realised transformation.

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Opera Australia revives its Berlin Bohème

By Patricia Maunder

Mad scenes in Sydney for Jessica Pratt’s Lucia

By Patricia Maunder, 28 June 2018

With her signature role’s coloratura fireworks and dramatic nuance, Jessica Pratt’s Sydney Opera House debut is one to remember.

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Mad scenes in Sydney for Jessica Pratt’s Lucia

By Patricia Maunder

Opera Australia's beautiful La traviata returns to Melbourne

By Patricia Maunder, 17 April 2018

The quality cast purred, but glorious roars are required to jolt audiences from placid enjoyment of Opera Australia’s gorgeous 24-year-old production of this Verdi classic.

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Opera Australia's beautiful La traviata returns to Melbourne

By Patricia Maunder

Sir Andrew Davis leads Elgar’s Gerontius in Melbourne

By Patricia Maunder, 08 March 2018

The double choir triumphs in the MSO’s massive, mostly successful attack on an English choral masterpiece all too rarely performed in Australia.

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Sir Andrew Davis leads Elgar’s Gerontius in Melbourne

By Patricia Maunder

Heavenly music in Melbourne as Sir Andrew Davis leads Haydn’s Creation

By Patricia Maunder, 15 June 2017

The MSO and some suitably angelic singers deliver a remarkably bright, joyous interpretation of an already uplifting oratorio.

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Heavenly music in Melbourne

By Patricia Maunder

Melbourne Carmen a feast of style and substance

By Patricia Maunder, 06 May 2017

One of the world’s great Carmens and John Bell’s smart direction is a winning combination for this Opera Australia production.

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Melbourne Carmen a feast of style and substance

By Patricia Maunder

Tosca under Nazi occupation breaks hearts at Opera Australia

By Patricia Maunder, 25 February 2017

Splendid performances and a Nazi makeover turns Puccini's political tragedy into a visceral experience.

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Tosca under Nazi occupation breaks hearts

By Patricia Maunder

Four Saints in Three Acts: Victorian youth breeze through nonsense opera

By Patricia Maunder, 30 September 2016

Through youth, technology and playfulness, Victorian Opera's production of Gertrude Stein's avant-garde curiosity becomes a refreshing look into the future.

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Victorian youth breeze through nonsense opera

By Patricia Maunder

Britten's War Requiem makes for an heroic season's end for the OSM

By Patricia Maunder, 25 May 2016

The OSM closes out the 2015-16 season with all guns blazing and an ethereal flag of peace in a splendid battle of Britten.

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An heroic season's end for the OSM

By Patricia Maunder

Les Feluettes in Montréal: New World opera triumphs

By Patricia Maunder, 21 May 2016

Québec play of illicit love transformed into a memorable Opéra de Montréal world premiere.

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New World opera triumphs in Montréal

By Patricia Maunder

Montreal's Otello ticks the boxes

By Patricia Maunder, 30 January 2016

An impressive trio of international singers carry Opéra de Montréal's traditional new production of this Verdi tragedy.

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Montreal's Otello ticks the boxes

By Patricia Maunder

Montreal's Christmas Oratorio a little naughty, mostly nice

By Patricia Maunder, 16 December 2015

It was no Christmas miracle, but the OSM's technically strong Bach concert brought a dignified kind of cheer to the most wonderful time of the year.

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Montreal's Christmas Oratorio a little naughty, mostly nice

By Patricia Maunder

An electric Elektra in Montreal, full of wondrous sound and fury

By Patricia Maunder, 21 November 2015

Opéra de Montréal's belated première of Strauss' take on the Greek tragedy is worth the wait, as soprano Lise Lindstrom and wunderkind conductor Yannick Nézét-Séguin lead an exciting, music-driven production.

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An electric Elektra in Montreal

By Patricia Maunder