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The Barber of Seville in State Opera of South Australia's new home
This sparkling successful production of Rossini's popular masterpiece delights the crowd on its opening at the new home for opera in Adelaide.
Revenge, murder and cannibalism: Adelaide Sweeney Todd has legs
Stuart Maunder's much-travelled staging of Sondheim's classic arrives at the State Opera of South Australia, starring Ben Mingay and Antoinette Halloran in the leads.
A stunning Midsummer Night's Dream for the Adelaide Festival
Neil Armfield's enchanting production of Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream finally comes to Australia as the centrepiece of the 2021 Adelaide Festival, making a virtue of necessity with its astute casting of Australian talent.
A beautiful, relevant Madama Butterfly arrives in Adelaide
The State Opera of South Australia launch a beautifully sung, dramatically performed Madama Butterfly conveying a powerfully confrontational telling of the opera.
To sing or not to sing: Hamlet in Adelaide
Brett Dean's Hamlet is an extremely powerful theatrical experience, excelling in all aspects of production, singing and musical values, but is it an opera?
Tragedy and comedy in a double bill in Adelaide
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.