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Jonathan Dove’s excellent opera Flight touches down in Australia

By Sandra Bowdler, 08 May 2025

Jonathan Dove’s opera Flight earns its title as the most popular modern opera with this excellent ensemble performance in Adelaide, its Australian premiere.

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Adelaide

09 May 2025

Jonathan Dove’s excellent opera Flight touches down in Australia

By Sandra Bowdler

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Adelaide

The Turn of the Screw: Stuart Maunder directs powerful in Adelaide

By Brian Angus, 30 April 2022

A full-on production of Britten’s The Turn of The Screw produces richness and awe, with a magnificent cast and musical excitement from the baton of Britten scholar Paul Kildea.

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Adelaide

01 May 2022

The Turn of the Screw: Stuart Maunder directs powerful in Adelaide

By Brian Angus

London

HGO serve up a treat with La bohème redux

By David Karlin, 09 November 2019

La bohème may not seem the obvious choice for a very small theatre, but HGO carry it off with aplomb, with the help of Rodolfo sung by a star in the making.

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London

10 Nov 2019

HGO serve up a treat with La bohème redux

By David Karlin

Adelaide

A Meistersinger Act 3 to celebrate a State Opera Wagner anniversary

By Brian Angus, 04 August 2018

Aa fitting tribute to the 20th anniversary of State Opera of South Australia’s ongoing romance with the music of Richard Wagner.

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Adelaide

05 Aug 2018

Meistersinger Act 3 for a State Opera Wagner anniversary

By Brian Angus

Adelaide

What a contrast! Tragedy and comedy in a double bill in Adelaide

By Brian Angus, 31 August 2017

Manuel de Falla’s rarely performed La Vida Breve and Giacomo Puccini’s comic Gianni Schicchi are quite contrasting mini-operas, united by common threads of deception and the clash of class distinction.

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Adelaide

01 Sep 2017

Tragedy and comedy in a double bill in Adelaide

By Brian Angus