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Lindy Hume directs a refreshingly uncomplicated new staging for New Zealand Opera, supported by fine musical performances.

Schubert knew all about existentialism long before the term was coined. It is there in his music and most poignantly so in Winterreise. Allan Clayton treads movingly in the composer's path.

The company returned to its home at the Academy of Music after three years with a brutalist take on Verdi's middle-career masterpiece.

This sparkling successful production of Rossini's popular masterpiece delights the crowd on its opening at the new home for opera in Adelaide.

Lindy Hume's new production works reasonably well in allowing the story to be told with sufficient emotional weight.

Lindy Hume directs a new production of Mozart's masterpiece which proves a constant delight.

The Staatsoper Unter den Linden revives a successful, romantic production by Lindy Hume, with Eleonora Buratto and Benjamin Bernheim as the protagonists.

With an excellent cast and sumptuous orchestral playing, Oper Leipzig delivers a vivid evening of enjoyment.

An enchanting production, imaginative, amusing and suitable for children of all ages.

Using the misogyny and violence of Rigoletto to hold up a mirror to contemporary corruption, Lindy Hume's production overcomes its inconsistencies with a vivid blend of theatrical and musical values. 

Handel's Athalia is a wonderful English oratorio but this production, while musically wonderful, was marred by a problematic staging with infuriating surtitles.

Lindy Hume's Victorian production brings to life Cinderella's story through the capable hands of Jean-Christophe Spinosi.

A superlative performance of Carmen that was certainly among the most thrilling performances New Zealand Opera has put on in recent memory.

Handel's oratorio Theodora performed by Pinchgut Opera in Sydney was played and sung beautifully in a rather drab production. Kudos to the soloists especially countertenor Christopher Lowery and conductor Erin Helyard.

À l'Opéra de Leipzig, décors, lumières, costumes et orchestre prodigieux du Gewandhaus ont constitué un superbe écrin, enveloppant solistes et chœurs d'une Carmen très applaudie.