Opera 101

Catching your very first opera at the Sydney Opera House is bucket list type stuff right? Opera 101 also says that if you are going to see one opera in your lifetime, La Bohème should be it; a tale of...

The world’s most loved comedic opera, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, celebrates its 200th anniversary on Saturday 20 February. To mark the occasion, Opera Australia has partnered with World’s Greatest...

Tonight Georges Bizet’s The Pearlfishers begins a new season at the Sydney Opera House. The fiery tale of friendship, love and jealousy is retold by master story-teller Australian playwright and director...

From the creative talent that brought us The Lion King comes Mozart's The Magic Flute – a fantastical theatrical adventure for audiences of all ages and levels of opera experience. With all its spectacle,...

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Culture vultures should hurry to our favourite arts venue, Carriageworks, for the Australian premiere of a cutting edge new opera work, An Index of Metals. Expect innovation, complexity, and risk-taking...

A vast warehouse on an industrial estate in the wilds of Alexandria is not the type of venue you’d normally associate with opera or where you’d expect the craziest party to bust loose. But this warehouse...

Opera can be a daunting thing. To a complete opera virgin, the thought of spending three hours sitting through incomprehensible singing and over-acting isn’t hugely appealing. Opera Australia’s rendition...