Performer: Eddie Muliaumaseali'i

Dean Bryant's production of Leonard Bernstein’s operetta leans more towards musical theatre, blending French period costumes with weak attempts at Aussie humour. 

A milestone event in the short life of Melbourne Opera has been a production of Tannhäuser in which soprano Lee Abrahmsen was outstanding as Elisabeth.

Melbourne Opera's new production of Bizet's The Pearl Fishers succeeds with a tightly packaged, if at times bursting, and visually caressing production.