Opera

Featured Articles Alex First - 06/04/2026

An opera review by Alex First Superlatives can’t do justice to a magnificent Handa Opera production of The Phantom of the Opera on its 40th...

Arts Victor Grynberg - 15/02/2026

An Opera Review by Victor Grynberg There would be few people unaware of the famous fairy tale Hansel & Gretel, written by the German brothers...

Local Rob Klein - 23/01/2026

Flags above the Sydney Harbour Bridge flew at half-mast last night as families of the victims, Jewish leaders and...

Featured Articles Alex First - 17/11/2025

Passion, obsession, desperation, jealousy and rage make for a fiery combination in composer Georges Bizet’s Carmen, newly interpreted by...

News JNS - 21/07/2025

A cast member at London’s Royal Opera House unfurled a PLO flag during the final curtain call of Giuseppe...

Featured Articles Shirley Politzer - 22/06/2025

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) hosted a beautiful evening of French music of the Romantic era featuring the dazzling...

Featured Articles Murray Dahm - 05/07/2024

Puccini’s Il Trittico is a peculiar piece. Its name is the Italian for a triptych, three panels of the...

Featured Articles Alex First - 07/07/2023

Superb staging is a hallmark of Mozart’s dramatic opera Idomeneo, set on the island of Crete shortly after the...

Featured Articles Murray Dahm - 20/06/2023

Verdi’s Aïda (1871) is a remarkable opera for all sorts of reasons. It was initially commissioned for the opening of...

Featured Articles Murray Dahm - 27/03/2023

This Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour (HOSH) production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly was first seen in 2014 and here...

Featured Articles Victor Grynberg - 22/02/2023

Francesco Cilea’s ADRIANA LECOUVREUR is a rarely produced opera nowadays, and this critic doesn’t recall ever seeing it before. So...

Featured Articles Alan Slade - 23/10/2022

It’s always disappointing when you walk into the foyer ahead of a performance to read a sign advising that...