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Meechot Marrero (Poppea) and Samuel Dundas (Nerone) © Jeff Busby

An updated Poppea crowned in Melbourne

By Sandra Bowdler, 02 July 2026

An updated staging of this 17th-century opera, with great singing and acting, is more successful than its somewhat distracting updated orchestration.

****1

****1

Melbourne

02 Jul 2026

An updated Poppea crowned in Melbourne

By Sandra Bowdler

Sydney

Is Opera Australia’s Candide really the best of all possible worlds?

By Zoltán Szabó, 20 February 2025

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

**111

**111

Sydney

20 Feb 2025

Is Opera Australia’s Candide really the best of all possible worlds?

By Zoltán Szabó

Adelaide

A beautiful, relevant Madama Butterfly arrives in Adelaide

By Brian Angus, 14 November 2019

The State Opera of South Australia launch a beautifully sung, dramatically performed Madama Butterfly conveying a powerfully confrontational telling of the opera.

*****

*****

Adelaide

14 Nov 2019

A beautiful, relevant Madama Butterfly arrives in Adelaide

By Brian Angus