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Siobhan Stagg

Don’t miss this marriage made in heaven

David McVicar’s 2015 production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro has become a jewel in Opera Australia’s repertoire.

  • Peter McCallum

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Tracy Mann plays diva Monique in David Williamson’s latest play Aria.

David Williamson’s discordant family tale delivers ‘supernova’ performance

Aria mines the treacherous territory of family retribution – and the results are scary.

  • Peter McCallum, Kayla Olaya and Harriet Cunningham
Frankenstein

Schlocky horror show is long on spectacle and short on drama

Our reviewers give their verdict on the latest shows around town.

  • Peter McCallum, John Shand, James Jennings, Harriet Cunningham and Joyce Morgan
The ensemble is unequivocally outstanding in Brett Dean’s Hamlet at Sydney Opera House.

Eloquent and beguiling: Operatic Hamlet is a triumph

Our critics deliver verdicts on the latest shows around town.

  • Millie Muroi, Cassie Tongue, Shamim Razavi, Harriet Cunningham and John Shand
Opera Queensland and Circa perform Dido and Aeneas dress rehearsal Playhouse Theatre QPAC

Sublime, erotic, dangerous: Dido and Aeneas is 80 minutes of baroque astonishment

Physical feats match vocal brilliance in this powerful staging of Purcell’s tragedy by Opera Queensland with the help of the acrobats of Circa.

  • Nick Dent
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Backstage with Opera Australia’s Il Trittico

Backstage with Opera Australia’s brand new production of Puccini’s Il Trittico, ahead of its world premiere at the Sydney Opera House.

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Diego Torre, playing the role of Cavaradossi, and Karah Son, playing the role of Tosca.

Stellar performances (almost) make up for soulless venue: Tosca

Opera Australia staging of Puccini’s opera at Margaret Court Arena mostly paid off, plus New Zealand jazz pianist Jonathan Crayford hits Melbourne.

  • Bridget Davies and Jessica Nicholas
Soprano Nina Korbe has ancestry in the region where the Festival of Outback Opera takes place.

Watching opera among the dinosaurs could be the most Australian thing I’ve ever done

High on a prehistoric plateau in Queensland, this festival provokes questions about culture, community and being Australian in 2024.

  • Nick Dent
Samantha Clarke as Violetta Valéry and the Opera Australia Chorus. Photo Credit

Opera Australia has found for itself a triumphant ‘new’ La Traviata

This much-loved Verdi classic becomes a deeper psychological journey in the hands of director Sarah Giles.

  • Peter McCallum
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Sixteen hours in this operatic ‘multiverse’ is a five-star experience

Wagner’s Ring Cycle is often described as the Olympics of opera. This stunning, high-tech version takes it to another level.

  • Peter McCallum