arts
Les Misérables The Arena Spectacular
Forty years. Let that sink in. Forty years since Les Misérables first graced the stage, and now with…
15 May 2025 culture
Opera Australia’s ‘Rigoletto’
Opera Australia’s production of Verdi’s Rigoletto offers an experience of gorgeous music and magnificent singing, acting, and visual…
13 May 2019 music
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…
22 Apr 2018 music
Profile: Australian World Orchestra and Riccardo Muti
A league of extraordinary performers meet once a year. To learn more, The Plus Ones talk with Alexander…
12 Apr 2018 culture
The Magic Pudding – The Opera
The Magic Pudding – The Opera returns to Melbourne just in time to commemorate 100th anniversary of a…
16 Mar 2018 culture
Vine, Beethoven, Wagner, and Verdi: MSO Season Opening
Renowned soloists, international and Australian, star in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Season Opening Gala. At this year’s concert…
8 Mar 2018 culture
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…
19 Nov 2017 culture
Melbourne Opera astounds with ‘Roberto Devereux’
Melbourne Opera’s Roberto Devereux is very entertaining. Roberto Devereux is the last of Melbourne Opera‘s Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy,…
14 Nov 2017 slider
The Butterfly Club’s 2017 Summer Program: The Plus Ones’ picks
The ever charismatic and entertaining director Simone Pulga once again invited The Plus Ones to the The Butterfly…
8 Nov 2017 culture
‘Under Siege’ at Melbourne Festival
The epic masterpiece Under Siege is the perfect introduction to this year’s Melbourne Festival. Yang Liping’s operatic retelling…
6 Oct 2017