An evocative retelling of Madama Butterfly on Sydney Harbour

Karah Son (Cio-Cio-San) and Diego Torre (Pinkerton)

Karah Son (Cio-Cio-San)

Virgilio Marino (Goro) and Diego Torre (Pinkerton)

The cast of Opera Australia's 2023 production of Madama Butterfly on Sydney Harbour

Von Zoltán Szabó, 27 März 2023

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“Karah Son... gave the most heart-warming account of Cio-Cio-San’s tragic life and death”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, Sydney, am 24 März 2023

Puccini, Madama Butterfly

Opera Australia

Brian Castles-Onion, Musikalische Leitung

Àlex Ollé, Regie

Alfons Flores, Bühnenbild

Lluc Castells, Kostüme

Opera Australia Orchestra

Opera Australia Chorus

Susana Gómez, Wiederaufnahmeleitung

Karah Son, Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)

Eva Kong, Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)

Diego Torre, Pinkerton

Thomas Strong, Pinkerton

Michael Honeyman, Sharpless

Luke Gabbedy, Sharpless

Sian Sharp, Suzuki

Agnes Sarkis, Suzuki

Virgilio Marino, Goro

Alexander Hargreaves, Fürst Yamadori

David Parkin, Onkel Bonze

Jud Arthur, Onkel Bonze

Nathan Lay, Kaiserlicher Kommissar

Gregory Brown, Standesbeamter

Terracinis Antwort für die Kritiker

Jeremy Eccles, 21st January

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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Himmlische Latonia Moore in Aida

David Larkin, 27th March

Kamele, Feuerwerk und ein riesiger Kopf von Nefertiti: der Sydney Harbour-Inszenierung von Aida fehlt es nicht an Spektakel. Latonia Moore sticht in der Titelrolle heraus, mit guter Unterstützung von Miliaja Nikolic als Amneris und Michael Honeyman als Amonasro.

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Opera Australia’s Eugene Onegin shines musically

Sandra Bowdler, 17th March

Eugene Onegin returns to the Sydney Opera house in Kasper Holten’s slightly awkward production but the singing and orchestral playing are exemplary.

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Humperdinck hobbled in Opera Australia revival

Jeremy Eccles, 27th January

Elijah Moshinsky’s 33-year-old production of Hansel and Gretel hasn’t aged well.

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A psychological Turandot in Ann Yee's Opera Australia staging

Sandra Bowdler, 15th January

Opera Australia's new Turandot succeeds with musical, dramatic and visual values with a mix of local and imported talent.

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Siobhan Stagg leads a strong Marriage of Figaro revival in Sydney

Sandra Bowdler, 31st July

Siobhan Stagg is an outstanding Susanna in a strongly cast and well produced Marriage of Figaro at the Sydney Opera House

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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.