A league of extraordinary performers meet once a year. To learn more, The Plus Ones talk with Alexander Briger AO, Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Australian World Orchestra. From May 2nd to 5th, the Australian World Orchestra will…
The Sydney Opera House’s Joan Sutherland Theatre has finally reopened, after undergoing the most significant renovations since the Opera House opened in 1973. After nine months of homelessness, Opera Australia has opened the year in their shiny new home with…
There are three spectacular elements that led to an emotionally intense operatic masterpiece on a Sydney winter night- The Opera House, Opera Australia, and Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem (10-11th August 2017). I arrived at The Opera House and found my seat,…
Carriageworks presents Benjamin Britten’s opera The Rape of Lucretia, the latest work of Sydney Chamber Opera directed by Kip Williams and Elizabeth Gadsby. Fighting against Greek invasion, the Roman men leave their wives to go defend their country. In this…
With Opera Australia’s Sydney home, the 1500-seat Joan Sutherland Theatre, in the Sydney Opera House, closed for the rest of the year for renovations, the company is presenting its productions in the Sydney Opera House’s 400-seat Playhouse Theatre instead. This…
I’ll start with a disclaimer: aside from as a child, I’ve had very limited exposure to opera. I thought the Opera Wine and Dine event would be an enjoyable point of access to something new. I was right. Hosted by…
The poet W.H. Auden once said ‘No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible’. Very true. Another thing people don’t do when they are feeling sensible is spend an evening in…