OPERA AUSTRALIA

by Stephi Wild - November 27, 2024

Opera Australia has announced a world-class cast of local talent will perform the Australian premiere season of French director Laurent Pelly’s magical production of Massenet’s Cinderella (Cendrillon) in the Joan Sutherland Theatre this summer....

by Stephi Wild - November 25, 2024

Opera Australia has announced multi-faceted opera and musical theatre performers Ben Mingay and Katie Stenzel, will host this year’s New Year’s Eve Opera Gala in the spectacular Sydney Opera House Concert Hall....

by Blair Ingenthron - October 20, 2024

One of Australia's most popular performers Christine Anu will lead a dynamic cast of multi-talented opera and musical theatre performers in the Broadway smash-hit musical Hadestown when it premieres in Sydney in February next year....

by Stephi Wild - September 23, 2024

On Thursday 19 September at The Concert Hall, The Concourse Chatswood, five classical and opera singers competed for a suite of generous prizes & opportunities in the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition (ASC) in front of a packed audience....

by Jade Kops - September 02, 2024

Andew Lloyd Webber (Music), Don Black (Book & Lyrics) and Christopher Hampton’s (Book & Lyrics) SUNSET BOULEVARD is given a reworking for Opera Australia and GWB Entertainment by director Paul Warwick Griffin.  ...

by Stephi Wild - August 19, 2024

Meet the finalists of the 2024 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition, selected after a competitive semi-finals concert. Discover the talented young singers who will compete in the finals on September 19....

by Stephi Wild - August 01, 2024

Set on the banks of Merri Creek in 1990s suburban Melbourne, is a chamber opera very close to home. Based on the original novella by one of Australia’s most cherished writers Helen Garner, The Children’s Bach will be staged by Lyric Opera from 30 August – 7 September at Theatre Works. ...

by Blair Ingenthron - July 29, 2024

Opera Australia has announced a new production of the iconic musical Guys & Dolls for Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour in 2025, that will transport audiences to 1950's Manhattan, a colourful and glamorous world filled with showgirls and gangsters, set against Sydney's glittering skyline....

by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 12, 2024

Tickets are now on sale for the acclaimed West End and Broadway musical phenomenon Hadestown in Australia. Learn how to purchase tickets....

by Stephi Wild - July 03, 2024

Riverside Theatres and Opera Australia will present one of the world’s favourite operas, Puccini’s La Bohème, a captivating story of young Bohemian love at Riverside Theatres Paramatta on Saturday 24th August. ...