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The Australian Ballet in Melbourne: three prismatic worlds

By Ruth Ridgway, 04 October 2025

In its triple bill Prism, The Australian Ballet gives the audience three different dance and sound worlds as well as showcasing fleet, athletic and precise dancing.

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Melbourne

04 Oct 2025

The Australian Ballet in Melbourne: three prismatic worlds

By Ruth Ridgway

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Melbourne

A nightclub of self-discovery: Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio updated for Melbourne

By Sandra Bowdler, 12 August 2025

Director Constantine Costi updates the action of Mozart's Singspiel to a secluded cross between a cult headquarters and a nightclub.

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Melbourne

12 Aug 2025

Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio updated for Melbourne

By Sandra Bowdler

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Sydney

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: The Aussie Ballet brings Wheeldon’s masterpiece to life

By Katie Lawrence, 20 February 2024

The Australian Ballet revives Christopher Wheeldon's wildly imaginative take on Alice in Wonderland, in a magical masterpiece of wit and colour.

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Sydney

20 Feb 2024

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Wheeldon’s ballet brought to life

By Katie Lawrence

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Melbourne

Australian Ballet's Don Quixote: a showpiece for excellence

By Deborah Weiss, 24 March 2023

This Don Quixote reveals the extraordinary depth of talent within Australian Ballet, challenging all ranks of the company and presenting a stellar production.

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Melbourne

24 Mar 2023

Australian Ballet's Don Quixote: a showpiece for excellence

By Deborah Weiss

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Melbourne

Send in the clowns: Alexei Ratmansky revives Harlequinade for the Australian Ballet

By Chantal Nguyen, 18 June 2022

A lovingly reproduced historical reconstruction, but is it enough to connect with modern Australian audiences?

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Melbourne

18 Jun 2022

Send in the clowns: Alexei Ratmansky revives Harlequinade

By Chantal Nguyen

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Melbourne

Treasure in the rubble: Jonas Kaufman makes Australian stage debut

By David Larkin, 14 May 2022

Star tenor Jonas Kaufmann sings the title role in Olivier Py's dour and symbolism-heavy Lohengrin, set in post-war Berlin.

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Melbourne

14 May 2022

Treasure in the rubble: Jonas Kaufman makes Australian stage debut

By David Larkin

Melbourne

Compelling to hear, amazing to see: Opera Australia’s Aida arrives in Melbourne

By Brian Angus, 17 May 2021

Using bold digital panels, D-Wok has created stunning visual effects. World class singers provide an outstanding aural experience.

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Melbourne

17 May 2021

Compelling to hear, amazing to see: Opera Australia’s Aida

By Brian Angus

Melbourne

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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Melbourne

11 May 2019

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

By Patricia Maunder

Sydney

A beloved Australian Ballet classic: Maina Gielgud's Giselle returns

By Chantal Nguyen, 01 May 2019

Ako Kondo dances a gorgeous Giselle in this restaging of a much-loved production.

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Sydney

01 May 2019

A beloved Australian Ballet classic: Maina Gielgud's Giselle

By Chantal Nguyen

Melbourne

Master masons: Holten’s Meistersinger comes to Melbourne

By David Larkin, 17 November 2018

Having offered a strong feminist reading of Wagner's Ring, could Kasper Holten do the same again for Die Meistersinger? Opera Australia's co-production had moments of excellence, but ultimately left the viewer with more questions than answers

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Melbourne

17 Nov 2018

Master masons: Holten’s Meistersinger comes to Melbourne

By David Larkin

Melbourne

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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Melbourne

07 Nov 2018

Opera Australia revives its Berlin Bohème

By Patricia Maunder

Melbourne

Opera Australia’s Tosca highlights the tyranny of evil Scarpia

By Brian Angus, 01 May 2018

Remarkable singers and magnificent sets successfully transpose Puccini’s Tosca to Nazi-occupied Rome, bringing home the horror of tyranny and how possible it is to occur.

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Melbourne

01 May 2018

Opera Australia’s Tosca highlights the tyranny of evil Scarpia

By Brian Angus

Melbourne

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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Melbourne

17 Apr 2018

Opera Australia's beautiful La traviata returns to Melbourne

By Patricia Maunder

Melbourne

Pratt and Albelo a dream bel canto partnership in I puritani in Melbourne

By Simon Holden, 02 July 2015

The role of Elvira in Bellini's I puritani requires every weapon in the bel canto soprano's armoury: Jessica Pratt has it all!

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Melbourne

02 Jul 2015

Pratt and Albelo a dream bel canto partnership

By Simon Holden

Melbourne

Falstaff in Melbourne: a high-calibre, cavorting, colour-coded comedy

By Brian Angus, 01 December 2014

Opera Australia’s Falstaff in Melbourne brings freshness to this almost 20-year-old production. Contributing to its success is an outstanding Falstaff...

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Melbourne

01 Dec 2014

A high-calibre, cavorting, colour-coded comedy

By Brian Angus