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Isaac Wakil has died at 104

Federal MP Julian Leeser has told the Australian parliament today the remarkable story of Isaac Wakil AO. The full text...

Verdi’s masterpiece La Traviata in best production ever

An Opera review by Victor Grynberg  Critics are meant to be unbiased, but this critic will happily admit that Giuseppe...

The Tales of Hoffmann

An opera review by Murray Dahm Jacques Offenbach’s 1881 opéra fantastique The Tales of Hoffmann (Les contes d'Hoffmann in French) is a fascinating...

Madama Butterfly: An opera review by Murray Dahm

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

Murray Dahm speaks with Carmen’s bullfighter

I last spoke with Daniel Sumegi before the Melbourne performances of Wagner’s Lohengrin earlier this year. Now he returns...

Phantom of the Opera: Murray Dahm talks with Naomi Johns

Naomi Johns was very excited to be involved in her first-ever Opera Australia publicity when I spoke with her...

Faust: McVicar’s devilish take on classic opera…an opera review by Victor Grynberg

One of France’s greatest ever composers, Charles Gounod had an immediate hit on his hands when his opera FAUST finally premiered in Paris in 1859.

Singers shine in Lucia di Lammermoor: an opera review by Victor Grynberg

Exquisite singing was the memorable takeout of the re-staging of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor at the Joan Sutherland Theatre of the Sydney Opera House.

Madama Butterfly: an opera review by Victor Grynberg

Last July Victoria’s Minister for Creative Arts, (in)famously accused Opera Australia of being happy to have an audience that will “die in their seats”.