Sunset Boulevard at the Sydney Opera House is a breathtaking production that brilliantly captures the allure and tragedy of Hollywood’s golden age. The story follows the faded silent movie star Norma Desmond and her desperate attempt to reclaim fame, entwined…
It could not have been a more perfect night to premier Opera Australia’s much anticipated Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour. It was a divinely picturesque setting. A theatrical hub emerged on the steps of Mrs Macquries Chair complete with a…
Opera Australia’s production of Miss Saigon, currently gracing the Joan Sutherland Theatre at the Sydney Opera House, is an awe-inspiring spectacle that masterfully weaves a gripping plot with exceptional direction, a lavish set, and standout performances. This musical journey is…
The iconic Joan Sutherland Theatre stage at the Sydney Opera House stepped back in time to ancient Egypt with the reprisal of Verdi’s operatic masterpiece Aida. Opera Australia has reimagined one of its treasured gems and history’s most-loved and oft-performed…
Since it was first performed in the Sydney Opera House in 1991, the late Elojah Moshinsky’s acclaimed production of Verdi’s Rigoletto returns to the stage. Rigoletto is one of the treasured gems of Opera Australia’s repertoire and its revival directed…
Australia’s biggest outdoor stage is set for one of Puccini’s most loved, and most performed, operas. Opera Australia’s much anticipated Handa Opera production of Madama Butterfly on Sydney Harbour is an agonising story of unrequited love and imperialist capitalism that…
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…
The golden age of musicals has made a triumphant return to Sydney, with Cinderella currently playing at the Lyric Theatre. Opera Australia and John Frost for Crossroads Live, two stalwarts of Australian performing arts, have come together to stage this…
Fi-ga-ro, Figaro, FIGGGAARROOO!! He’s the slick barber and matchmaking maestro with wits and tricks as sharp as his scissors. Opera Australia’s 26th annual National Tour – a formidable program of just over two months and more than 20 regional centres…
For almost 40 years The Phantom of the Opera has haunted stages around the world. Now for the first time ever, this timeless phenomenon takes centre stage at the iconic Sydney Opera House. Cameron Mackintosh’s dazzling revamp is a gloriously…