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SydneyThe Merry Widow

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

SydneyRigoletto

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

SydneyLa Stupenda

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Opera Australia Orchestra; Speranza Scappucci; Stuart Maunder; Alex Lynn; Jessica Pratt; Caitlin Hulcup

MelbourneLa bohème

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Puccini: La bohème
Finnegan Downie Dear; Constantine Costi; Opera Australia; Dann Barber; Sabina Myers; Morgan Moroney; Orchestra Victoria

MelbourneWatershed: The Death of Dr Duncan

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Twist: Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan
Brett Weymark; Neil Armfield; Opera Australia; Ailsa Paterson; Nigel Levings; Orchestra Victoria
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Opera Australia’s Eugene Onegin shines musically

Andrei Bondarenko (Onegin) and Lauren Fagan (Tatyana) © Keith Saunders
Eugene Onegin returns to the Sydney Opera house in Kasper Holten’s slightly awkward production but the singing and orchestral playing are exemplary. 
****1
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A psychological Turandot in Ann Yee's Opera Australia staging

Rebecca Nash (Turandot) © Keith Saunders
Opera Australia's new Turandot succeeds with musical, dramatic and visual values with a mix of local and imported talent. 
****1
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Siobhan Stagg leads a strong Marriage of Figaro revival in Sydney

Siobhan Stagg (Susanna) © Keith Saunders
Siobhan Stagg is an outstanding Susanna in a strongly cast and well produced Marriage of Figaro at the Sydney Opera House
****1
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Watery magic as Nicole Car makes a triumphant return to Sydney

Nicole Car (Rusalka) © Carlita Sari
Nicole Car makes her role debut as Dvořák's Rusalka in a production by Sarah Giles that proves a winner. 
****1
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Danielle de Niese makes Carmen debut in a colourful new Sydney staging

Danielle de Niese (Carmen) and Abraham Bretón (Don José) © Keith Saunders
Danielle de Niese's assumes the title role at the Sydney Opera House, leading an impressive cast with an interesting approach to characterisation with a somewhat over the top blingy setting. 
****1
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Stunning acrobatics, a forlorn farewell: Dido and Aeneas in Sydney

Anna Dowsley (Dido) © Keith Saunders
Yaron Lifschitz mesmerises from the opening tableaux’s row of candles in his Purcell staging for Opera Australia, featuring Circa, a Brisbane-based circus company. 
****1
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