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Treasure in the rubble: Jonas Kaufman makes Australian stage debut
Star tenor Jonas Kaufmann sings the title role in Olivier Py's dour and symbolism-heavy Lohengrin, set in post-war Berlin.
A marvellous Walküre from Melbourne Opera
Melbourne Opera have done a magnificent job with this Die Walküre production. Everything about it has succeeded. And maybe in Zara Barrett they have discovered a new Brünnhilde.
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.
Melbourne Opera mines Australian talent in new Rheingold
Melbourne Opera has produced a critically and popularly successful Das Rheingold, which bodes well for the planned development of a full Ring cycle over the next four years.
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.
Master masons: Holten’s Meistersinger comes to Melbourne
Having offered a strong feminist reading of Wagner's Ring, could Kasper Holten do the same again for Die Meistersinger? Opera Australia's co-production had moments of excellence, but ultimately left the viewer with more questions than answers