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Performer: Christopher Hillier

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Hätte Großbritannien Spaß an The Rabbits? Denn so allegorisiert die neue, australische Familienoper die Briten der Kolonialzeit, die in diese herrenlose Welt Downunder kamen und die Existenz der australischen Ureinwohner leugnete - die in dieser Oper in Gestalt von Beuteltieren auftreten.
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A beautifully sung and performed Roméo et Juliette in Perth

Samantha Clarke (Juliette) and Alasdair Kent (Roméo) © West Beach Studio
Samantha Clarke and Alasdair Kent are perfectly cast as Gounod's star crossed lovers with an excellent supporting cast at West Australian Opera. 
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A stunning Meistersinger from Melbourne Opera

Warwick Fyfe (Hans Sachs) and Lee Abrahmsen (Eva) © Robin Halls
After its Bendigo Ring, Melbourne Opera brings off another artistic coup with a fabulous performance of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg in Melbourne's splendid Royal Exhibition Building. 
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Australian beachside fun in Adelaide Così fan tutte

Sky Ingram, Anna Dowsley (Dorabella), Nicholas Lester (Guglielmo), Adrian Strooper © Andrew Beveridge
Così fan tutte is a fun-filled night at the State Opera of South Australia, well cast and continuously entertaining without sacrificing musical or vocal values. 
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Götterdämmerung triumphantly crowns the all-Australian Bendigo Ring

Bradley Daley (Siegfried), Steven Gallop (Hagen) and Chris Hillier (Gunther) © Robin Halls
Melbourne Opera maintains the high standard of its all-Australian endeavour to the very end in a triumphant Götterdämmerung.
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Back from the brink: two sopranos rescue Florestan in Sydney

Simon O'Neill (Florestan) © Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Simone Young  is made of stern stuff. With 30 hours to go before the concert performance, her Leonore falls ill. Can the show go on? 
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