Idomeneo was Mozart’s first serious opera and is a renowned – albeit underperformed – masterpiece. It’s full of irreconcilable opposites: good versus evil, peace versus war, love versus duty. Director Lindy Hume’s new production adds another opposition into the mix: ancient…
Mozart’s The Magic Flute is an opera aptly used to introduce children and adults alike to the delightful world of opera. Kate Gaul’s reimagined production of The Magic Flute is understated – almost childlike. Elaborate costumes, over-the-top singing, and extravagant…
David McVicar’s third revival of his highly celebrated 2014 Don Giovanni has hit the stage at Sydney Opera House with a dramatically dark and rampantly carnal production. Mozart’s Don Giovanni is an infamous tale of a pleasure-seeker’s demise and is…
Sydney Opera House has kicked off its 50th anniversary program with the late Peter Shaffer’s best-known play Amadeus. The play has it all; ambition, obsession, betrayal, and a dash of comedy. Amadeus is everything you could ever want – theatre,…
What could be better than a classical concert on a spring Sunday afternoon? I was delighted to attend the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra’s Revolutionary Romance concert at Sydney Recital Hall on Sunday 17th of September. Under the Artistic Direction…