Hadestown
Hadestown has finally landed in Melbourne at Her Majesty’s Theatre after a sold-out season in Sydney, and let’s just say the road to hell never sounded so good. For those who’ve been living under a rock (or perhaps in the…
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Mr. DeMille, I’m Ready for My Close-Up: Sunset Boulevard Opens at the Princess Theatre
Sunset Boulevard brings the golden age of Hollywood to Melbourne’s Princess Theatre. The lavish musical production attracted a glittering opening night crowd decked out in rhinestones, feathers, and sequins. There was enough bling in the audience to rival the luxurious…
Opera Australia’s ‘Rigoletto’
Opera Australia’s production of Verdi’s Rigoletto offers an experience of gorgeous music and magnificent singing, acting, and visual design. From the powerful overture, which foreshadows the tone of the narrative, to the dramatic final curtain, this production enthrals the audience….
Opera Australia presents the original Broadway classic, West Side Story
Movement of peoples, social tensions and the power of a good love story still holds our national attention as flashpoint tales of humanity. These are made visible on the stage in an invigorating, dynamic production, the newest version of the…
World Class Evita delights with Opera Australia and hometown Queen, Tina Arena
If there is one show you see this year, let it be this. Hometown pop sweetheart, and famed French singing sensation, Tina Arena, with Opera Australia, proves it’s been worth the wait to see her sing here again, in partnership…
Opera Australia’s ‘La Traviata’
Opera Australia’s new production of La Traviata is marvellous, visually stunning, and musically divine. Verdi’s most famous and most performed opera often finds itself in one ‘top ten’ or another — and deservedly so. As an opera it ticks all the boxes that continue…
Opera Australia’s ‘The Merry Widow’
Ever since it was announced, I have been waiting eagerly for Opera Australia’s production of Frank Lehar’s The Merry Widow. My plus one was equally thrilled when I offered her ‘a night at the opera’ — her first ever. As…
Rock and Roll and Don Giovanni together for the very first time
Don Giovanni – Let’s Rock and Roll, the new production by EmotionWorks Cut Opera currently showing at Rubix Warehouse, is a unique fusion of opera and rock. The concept devised by Julie Edwardian (who has previously directed for Opera Australia), reaches…
Opera Australia’s ‘King Roger’
Opera Australia has collaborated with Dallas Opera to give Melburnians the opportunity to see the rarely-performed King Roger by Karol Szymanowski. It’s a majestic production, executed beautifully with great imagination. Unlike in many operas where there’s a clear conflict between…
Opera Australia’s ‘Carmen’: an exhilarating production
Opera Australia’s colourful production of Carmen brings vibrancy, movement, and fun to Georges Bizet’s otherwise dark tale. Director John Bell has created a vivid atmosphere to accompany the gorgeous score. Eye-catching costumes offer an explosion of colour and the detailed…