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Opera

The Merry Widow

Featured Articles Victor Grynberg -
An opera review by Victor Grynberg Franz Lehar, the Austro-Hungarian composer born in 1870, composed the music in 1905 based on a French comedy play,...

The Phantom of the Opera

Featured Articles Alex First -
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...
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Hansel & Gretel- now a spectacular opera

Featured Articles Victor Grynberg -
An Opera Review by Victor Grynberg There would be few people unaware of the famous fairy tale Hansel & Gretel,...

Sydney Opera House memorial reclaims a national symbol after Bondi attack

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

Carmen – an opera review by Alex First

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

Performer displays PLO flag at London’s Royal Opera House

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

Lang Lang at the Opera House

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

Il Trittico – an opera review by Murray Dahm

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

Idomeneo: an opera review by Alex First

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

Aida – an opera review by Murray Dahm

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

Madama Butterfly: An opera review by Murray Dahm

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

Adriana Lecouvreur: An opera review by Victor Grynberg

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

La Traviata: an opera review by Alan Slade

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

Lucrezia Borgia: an opera review by Alex First

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Soaring vocals and a bravura performance by soprano Helena Dix are among the many highlights of Lucrezia Borgia, in...

Il Trovatore: an opera review by Murray Dahm

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This new production of Verdi’s 1853 opera Il Trovatore directed by Davide Livermore had all the bells and whistles...

Madama Butterfly: an opera review by Victor Grynberg

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Bravo Opera Australia, which once more has given us an unforgettable evening. Giacomo Puccini, the much loved late 19th and early...

Lohengrin: an opera review by Alex First

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Treachery and subterfuge abound in the Australian premiere of a new production of Richard Wagner’s otherworldly romance Lohengrin at...

La Traviata: an opera review by Alex First

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Soprano Stacey Alleaume is almost ethereal in a scintillating performance as Violetta Valery in Giuseppe Verdi’s fraught, emotion-charged, love...

La Juive: an opera review by Murray Dahm

Featured Articles Murray Dahm -
Fromental Halévy’s La Juive is often considered a tenor’s opera. This is because the great Act IV aria “Rachel, quand...

The Marriage of Figaro: an opera review by Victor Grynberg

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is widely regarded as the third member of the greatest classical composers trio, along with Johann...

Aida: Tragic love story is operatic triumph – an opera review by Victor Grynberg

Featured Articles Victor Grynberg -
Re-staged in Sydney for the first time since its amazing success in 2018 this digital backgrounded production of Giuseppe Verdi’s blockbuster reached even greater heights this season.

Violetta dies, but La Traviata will live forever: an opera review by Victor Grynberg

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Two of the most popular operas of all time are Giacomo Puccini’s LA BOHEME and Giuseppe Verdi’s LA TRAVIATA.

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