ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE STATE THEATRE

Gounod’s version of the age-old battle between good and evil is a treasure chest of glorious arias, gorgeous duets, and stirring choruses and ensembles. Our ...

All men desire her to the point of being willing to die for her--but three riddles stand in the way of their melting her icy ...

Opera Australia’s largest and most ambitious production returns to Melbourne in 2016. Wagner’s Ring Cycle, directed by Neil Armfield and conducted by Pietari Inkinen, will ...

Celebrity, visionary, muse: Vaslav Nijinsky changed dance forever with his explosive leap and his shockingly sensual choreography, before a dark descent into madness ended his ...

First love, age-old hate: with its primal passions and timeless themes, Romeo and Juliet has inspired ballet’s greatest choreographers. Now, for the first time, Stanton ...

From the first yearning bars of Tchaikovsky’s score, Swan Lake beckons you to another world. With its bewitched Swan Queen, its doomed Prince, its glittering ...

A poet, a painter, a musician and a philosopher are having a night on the town. It’s Christmas Eve, and the poet has just felt ...

The Pearlfishers paints a picture of paradise, of golden sands and colourful silks. That soul-stirring, chart-topping duet is just one highlight of a beautiful score. ...

Who is Luisa Miller? A woman in love, a woman in anguish – trapped by a man she does not love and a father who ...

Faster, louder, deeper – in this stirring triple bill, three of the world’s greatest contemporary choreographers take you on a visceral ride. Christopher Wheeldon’s DGVc: ...

Simon Phillip's much-loved production of The Elixir of Love is set in an Australian country town circa 1915. "If you're doing a comic opera it's ...

Mozart's classic comedy has been entertaining crowds for centures, and between the witty, fast-moving libretto and the melodic, charming ensemble writing, it's not hard to ...

ACT I Angelotti, who has just escaped from prison, finds a key left for him in a church by his sister, the Marchesa Attavanti, and ...

ACT I Scene i A room in Pasquale's House The old bachelor Don Pasquale wants to marry in order to punish his rebellious nephew, Ernesto, ...

Verdi wrote Falstaff at the ripe old age of 77, and he brought to it a lifetime of stagecraft and a profound love of Shakespeare. ...

Clara, a young ballet student, is celebrating Christmas with her family. Her uncle, the magician Drosselmeyer, gives her a nutcracker doll – and when the ...

La Bayadère has it all: a heady mix of temple dancers, angry gods and scheming villains, with a ballet blanc interlude showing classical technique in ...

Take away the fairies and swans and tragic love, and what is left of ballet? A glittering clarity of technique. Ballet Imperial and Suite en ...

From its earliest days, The Australian Ballet has held seasons of works by aspiring choreographers, nurturing the breeding ground of ballet. Over the last decade, ...

Wayne McGregor, resident choreographer of The Royal Ballet, is taking the classical style in electrifying directions. The Australian premiere of Chroma is chock-full of his ...

The action takes place in Seville in the mid-19th century. Don José, who was training for the priesthood in his native Basque country, killed a ...

Act 1 By the sea shore near Naples The poet Prosdocimo is searching for a plot for a drama buffo. He meets a band of ...

Act 1 Scene 1: A room in the palace At a ball in his palace, the Duke sings of a life of pleasure with as ...

Act 1 Scene 1: The garden of the Larin country estate Madame Larina and the nurse Filippyevna are sitting outside in the garden. They can ...

For Chinese people the words evoke a sense of wonder, magic and the divine. To audiences that have seen the show they recall the experience ...

In 18th-century Paris, innocence is snuffed out as quickly as a candle. Manon, a naive girl on her way to a convent, dreams of the ...

Join Lyndon Terracini, Artistic Director of Opera Australia, and selected cast and crew of the Ring production for a series of insightful talks. Learn more ...

Alexei Ratmansky, the world’s most in-demand classical choreographer, creates a brand-new Cinderella for The Australian Ballet Cinders is getting a brand-new dress! Alexei Ratmansky, formerly ...

The Australian Ballet will perform fully staged excerpts from the much-loved story ballet Cinderella, which will be narrated by one of the central characters and ...

The Graduate Exhibition is a much-anticipated event on Melbourne’s arts calendar, where students of The Australian Ballet School display their technique and artistry....

One of The Australian Ballet’s most popular events, Introduction to the ballet is ideal for newcomers to ballet and regular ballet attendees alike. You’ll see ...

Rarely performed due to its epic scale, Einstein On The Beach, An Opera in Four Acts launched its director Robert Wilson and composer Philip Glass ...

An explosive fusion of ballet, contemporary dance and modern hip-hop from Cuba, the undisputed home of dance, Ballet Revolución is set against a blend of ...