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Opera Australia: Faust review [Sydney]
The gloriously melodious music of Gounod’s Faust is welcome in any season, but with a cast as superb as the design is extravagant, this production is one of opera’s must-see events of the year. This is...
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Lyric Opera of Melbourne: Spanish Time and Gianni Schicchi review
Lyric Opera of Melbourne’s comic double bill does not quite achieve the polish of previous presentations, but in some ways that is a deliberate choice. There has been a great deal of recent talk about...
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MSO: The Damnation of Faust review
MSO presents a lustrous performance of Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust, in which the superb orchestra, soloists and choirs create a whole that is greater than the not inconsiderable sum of its parts....
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Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: Aida review
In a ravishing display of the depth of her extraordinary talent, American soprano Latonia Moore outshines camels, fireworks and dancing girls to walk away with the fourth annual Handa Opera on Sydney...
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Met Opera: Don Carlo review [2015]
Five superb lead singers distinguish Met Opera’s revival of the 2010 co-production of Verdi’s epic drama Don Carlo. Rising tenor Yonghoon Lee looks set to take the next step to fame after an...
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Met Opera: Ernani review [2015]
Placido Domingo and James Levine, a pair of sentimental favourites and masterful talents, draw much audience affection at Met Opera’s revival of Ernani. A sequel, of sorts, to current stablemate Don...
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Met Opera: Aida review [2015]
Soaring sets and grand pageantry distinguish the Met’s Aida, a production that holds up strongly in repeat viewings. The evening began with the warmest possible welcome for conductor Plácido Domingo,...
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Opera Australia: Madama Butterly review [Melbourne 2015]
Moffat Oxenbould’s cherished production of Madama Butterfly goes out in high style with sublime soprano Hiromi Omura giving an exquisitely calibrated tour de force performance. Emanating a vibe that is...
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Opera Australia: Don Giovanni review [Melbourne 2015]
In a staging that is as magnificent as it is ingenious, director David McVicar breathes fresh life into trusty favourite Don Giovanni. Robert Jones’ epic stage design, seen first in the smaller Joan...
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Opera Australia: Don Carlos review
Verdi’s grandest opera is given the meticulous and magnificent treatment it deserves in this most welcome revival, the glittering centerpiece of this very well received Melbourne Autumn season....
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Gertrude Opera: Curlew River review
In their second annual Culture Project season, Gertrude Opera shares an immersive, highly affecting experience in Benjamin Britten’s Curlew River. Subtitled A Parable for Church Performance, the...
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Helpmann Nominations 2015 Announced
Celebrating a unique mix of opera, dance, music theatre, plays, live music and more, the 2015 Helpmann Nominations were announced this evening at performing arts venues around Australia. The 2015...
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Melbourne Opera: The Barber of Seville review [2015]
What a difference a tenor makes. Joining 2010 stars Phillip Calcagno and Sally-Anne Russell, lively young tenor Brenton Spiteri completes a terrific trio whose antics are as much of a joy to watch as...
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Victorian Opera: I Puritani review
A triumphant success, Victorian Opera’s one-night concert presentation of I Puritani was a finely honed musical showcase focused on the splendour and beauty of the voice. Freed from the trappings of a...
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Opera Australia: La Traviata review [Sydney 2015]
The production may be well known, and well loved, but the Opera Australia role debuts of soprano Lorina Gore and tenor Rame Lahaj make for a scintillating evening. As long as designer Michael Yeargen’s...
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Opera Australia: Turandot review [Sydney 2015]
World-class singers enhance this decadently glossy production. Looking as sumptuously polished as in its premiere season some 25 years ago (when tickets could not be acquired for love or money),...
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Opera Australia Announces Season 2016
Celebrating their 60th anniversary year, Opera Australia presents a range of mainstage operas and special events, while continuing to take opera to regional centres. Sydney’s year of opera begins with...
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Victorian Opera Announces Season 2016
Popular artists will perform in a range of venues in Victorian Opera’s eclectic, original, carefully curated 2016 season. Inverting the formula used by basically every other arts organization in...
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Melbourne Opera: Mary Stuart review
Melbourne Opera raises the bar yet again as a superb cast perform bel canto classic Mary Stuart in a lavish, inventive and highly attractive staging. In a contrasting but highly complementary pair of...
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MSO: An Evening with Renee Fleming review
In a highly artistic program of great integrity, Renée Fleming and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra present a thoughtfully curated program of musical treasures, eschewing the chocolate box greatest hit...
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