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SydneyRigoletto

Verdi: Rigoletto
Sesto Quatrini; Elijah Moshinsky; Opera Australia; Michael Yeargan; Robert Bryan; Opera Australia Orchestra
SydneyThe Merry Widow

Lehár: Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow)
Vanessa Scammell; Graeme Murphy; Opera Australia; Michael Scott-Mitchell; Jennifer Irwin; Damien Cooper; Opera Australia Orchestra
SydneyThe Drover’s Wife

Palmer: The Drover’s Wife
Tahu Matheson; Leah Purcell; Opera Australia; Isabel Hudson; Tess Schofield; Karen Norris; Opera Australia Orchestra
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Wit, waltzes and a happy ending in Opera Australia’s The Merry Widow

Opera's greatest romcom glitters on its third outing at the Sydney Opera House.
Opera Australia’s Eugene Onegin shines musically

Eugene Onegin returns to the Sydney Opera house in Kasper Holten’s slightly awkward production but the singing and orchestral playing are exemplary.
Humperdinck hobbled in Opera Australia revival

Elijah Moshinsky’s 33-year-old production of Hansel and Gretel hasn’t aged well.
A psychological Turandot in Ann Yee's Opera Australia staging

Opera Australia's new Turandot succeeds with musical, dramatic and visual values with a mix of local and imported talent.
Siobhan Stagg leads a strong Marriage of Figaro revival in Sydney

Siobhan Stagg is an outstanding Susanna in a strongly cast and well produced Marriage of Figaro at the Sydney Opera House
Watery magic as Nicole Car makes a triumphant return to Sydney

Nicole Car makes her role debut as Dvořák's Rusalka in a production by Sarah Giles that proves a winner.
Latest articles
Behind the scenes: Opera Australia’s vast, digital Ring cycle

“Go digital!” was the brief to director Chen Shi-Zheng, who has employed cutting-edge visualisation technology and motion-tracking for the 15-hour Wagner cycle in Brisbane.
Trans-Pacific space-age Wagner: Chen Shi-Zheng’s hybrid Ring cycle

The first director of Asian descent to stage Der Ring des Nibelungen in its entirety talks about his refusal to follow existing formulas in this new production for Opera Australia.
Stefanie Paglialonga on the secrets of wig making
We talk to Stefanie Paglialonga, Head of the Wig Department at Opera Australia, to find out more about this unique profession.
