First looks: Opera on Sydney Harbour Set and Site Design
Spanish creative powerhouse La Fura dels Baus has tackled its fair share of challenges over decades at the forefront of street theatre and outdoor spectaculars: the…
John Longmuir & the bargain bin video that changed his life
Scottish-Australian tenor Longmuir discusses the competition circuit, Mozart as medicine and the $2 video that changed everything.
What the world wants from Australian Opera Singers
A veritable who’s who of the international opera world has descended on Opera Australia’s Surry Hills based headquarters in search of the next big thing, with…
The week in opera: a soprano at the Super Bowl and a sizzling Carmen
Everyone’s talking about… 111.5 million viewers were watching the Super Bowl as superstar soprano Renee Fleming sang the American national anthem out over the stadium, sending…
Your Valentine’s Day Playlist
Step up the romance a notch this Valentine’s Day and woo your lover with the high passions of opera. From heart-fluttering love at first sight…
In his words: Kasper Holten on a long-term love affair with Eugene Onegin
Kasper Holten was just a teenager when he first saw Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and “fell in love with it completely”. The opera was thus a fitting…
The week in opera: arias under the stars and horses in the house
In which an unlikely celebrity wears an opera-inspired gown, Opera Australia invites you to Mazda Opera in the Domain and the internet goes a little wild…
Meet Madama Butterfly: A Q&A with Hyeseoung Kwon
The title role of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is a cracker of a character: with glorious music, a dramatic emotional journey and an intense, devastating end. Soprano Maria…