Performer: Opera Australia

SydneyTosca

Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Feb 27 mat, Mar 02, 04, 06, 09, 11, 13 mat

Puccini: Tosca

Andrea Battistoni; John Bell; Opera Australia; Michael Scott-Mitchell; Teresa Negroponte; Matthew Barclay; Carmen Giannattasio

SydneyDuke Bluebeard's Castle

Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Mar 01, 05, 08, 10

Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle

Andrea Molino; Andy Morton; Opera Australia; John Rayment; Priscilla Jackman; Carmen Topciu; Daniel Sumegi

SydneyLa traviata on Sydney Harbour

Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, Mar 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, Apr 01, 03, 04, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

Verdi: La traviata

Brian Castles-Onion; Constantine Costi; Opera Australia; Brian Thomson; Tess Schofield; John Rayment; Francesca Zambello

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SydneyDie lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow)

On demand from Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, No time limit

Lehár: Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow)

Richard Bonynge; Lotfi Mansouri; Opera Australia; Gordon Wilcock; Ronald Stevens; Joan Sutherland; Anne-Maree McDonald

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SydneyLa traviata

On demand from Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, No time limit

Verdi: La traviata

Brian Castles-Onion; Francesca Zambello; Opera Australia; Brian Thomson; Emma Matthews; Gianluca Terranova; Jonathan Summers

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Opera in maschera: Verdi's Ernani arrives in Sydney from La Scala

Natalie Aroyan (Elvira) and Diego Torre (Ernani) © Prudence Upton

David Larkin, 02 Feb

A mixed-bag of an evening at the Sydney Opera House, with a production of Ernani imported from La Scala failing to solve the inherent challenges of the work, despite good performances from the cast.

***11

Julie Lea Goodwin (Hanna Glawari) and Alexander Lewis (Danilo Danilovich) © Prudence Upton

Chantal Nguyen, 05 Jan

After almost a year off stage, Opera Australia returns with this visually stunning, 1920s-inspired production of the perennial operetta favourite.

****1

Taras Berezhansky (Attila) © Prudence Upton

Jeremy Eccles, 12 Mar

Livermore updates the scene to the 1930s, but seems to be setting Mussolini's Italians against invading Germans.

***11

Teddy Tahu Rhodes (Méphistophélès) © Prudence Upton

David Larkin, 10 Feb

The revival of David McVicar's production of Gounod's Faust provides spectacle and entertainment in spades, with strong performances from Ivan Magrì (Faust) and Teddy Tahu Rhodes (Méphistophélès).

****1

Luca Micheletti (Don Giovanni) and Anna Dowsley (Zerlina) © Keith Saunders

David Larkin, 24 Jan

David McVicar's dark and gothic Don Giovanni is revived in Sydney, with stand-out performances from Luca Micheletti as an unapologetic and dashing Don, and Eleanor Lyons as a magnificent Donna Anna

****1