Above: Marcus Corowa as Yadaka and dancers in Opera Australia’s The Drover’s Wife’ 2026. Photo Credit Carlita Sari.
Following Opera Australia’s walkabout through productions ranging from loved repertoire, musical theatre, and through production revivals, they have now come home. In …
The Oresteia is a searing spectacle, less a night at the opera than a window into the waiting room of Hell. The unappeased spirits of Cassandra, Clytemnestra, Agamemnon and the Furies gather once more around the original wound, the …
It was a special night for Opera Australia as they celebrated the exact day of their very first performance 70 years ago. For their birthday anniversary celebration, they chose the much loved …
As Opera Australia celebrates its 70th year, our flagship Opera Company is offering two wonderful entertainment opportunities.
This lunchtime Wednesday Opera Australia will give a special performance featuring some of its finest performers at the central area on level 1 …
Above: Julie Lea Goodwin and male cast in one of many effective tableaux that punctuate this vibrant, physical version of Franz Lehár’s The Merry Widow. Featured image: Alexander Lewis as Danilo Danilovich with Julie Lea Goodwin as Hannah Glavari. Photos: …
Above: (l-r) sopranos Camilla Wright and Lana Kains performed with buffa excellence in the opera and Singspiel by Salieri and Mozart. This and featured photos: Rosa Doric.
What better way to market the medium of opera as well as …
2026 Opera Australia continue celebrating 70 years of arts and entertainment with Phantom of the Opera on Sydney Harbour. In perfect timing, The Phantom itself is celebrating 40 years this year as well. Revived from the 2022 original of …
Opera Australia has dug into the library and revived its 2014 production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin by Danish Director Kasper Holten. Holten showed early promise in his career and, at the age of 27 was appointed the youngest Artistic …
Last night Opera Australia launched their revived version of the opera Hansel and Gretel. This version is a revival of the 1990s version staged and directed by Elijah Moshinsky. The opera is based on an original fairy …
Giacomo Puccini wrote the opera in 1924 amidst a turbulent time. The composer’s full name was Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini. His music is revered and performed 100 years on. The production at Sydney Opera House is as …