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Lauren Fagan and Kang Wang excel in Adelaide's new Traviata
Sarah Giles directs a no-frills production for the State Opera of South Australia, but one that brims with emotion.
Mellifluous frivolity in OA's production of Il viaggio a Reims
Rossini's opera is all about art and art lovers in this production by Damiano Michieletto.
New Zealand Opera’s L’elisir d’amore: an evergreen charmer
Charming and hilarious by turn, this production fields a largely young and Kiwi cast.
A heartwrenching Káťa Kabanová in Auckland
New Zealand Opera continues to strongly advocate Czech works, resulting in a gripping Káťa Kabanová.
A buoyant revival of Billy Budd
At the opera’s great climaxes Suffolk’s famous wood-and-brick building could barely contain it.
A tingling Midsummer Night in Valencia
Roberto Abbado's precise conducting made the score tingle with life. The magical glissandi were full of mystery, the hotbed of musical detail cleanly communicated and the amorous outbursts treated with Italianate ardour.