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Opera Australia to Tour ‘Don Giovanni’ Nationally

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Opera Australia will open its 2026 National Tour with Michael Gow’s production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” in South Australia this July. The tour will then take the Mozart opera to Victoria, New South Wales, and Tasmania, marking the 30th anniversary of the company’s national touring program. The production, which last toured in 2013, will be conducted by Simon Bruckard, who {…}

Business

Opera Australia Breaks Even Following 2025 Season

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Opera Australia has announced a significant improvement in its financial position for 2025. The company revealed that it had returned to break-even at an operating level after posting a loss of $10.1 million in 2024. On a consolidated basis including the Opera Australia Capital Fund, the company recorded a surplus of $3.6 million. Total revenue reached $122.8 million, with box {…}

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Opera Australia to Showcase Young Artists in Concert at Sydney Opera House

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Opera Australia is set to present a concert at the Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House on August 2, 2026, marking the graduation of its inaugural Young Artist Program cohort and the introduction of its incoming class. The outgoing class, which includes soprano Chelsea Burns, mezzo-soprano Shikara Ringdahl, tenor Elias Wilson, bass Leon Vitogiannis, répétiteur Jem Herbert, and director Claudia {…}

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Stacey Alleaume & Maria Laura Iacobellis Lead Opera Australia’s ‘La Traviata’

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Opera Australia will return to Melbourne’s Regent Theatre with a production of “La Traviata.” The opera will be presented from May 8-16 in Sarah Giles’ production, a co-production by Opera Queensland, State Opera South Australia and West Australian Opera. The production star Stacey Alleaume and Maria Laura Iacobellis as Violetta alongside Filipe Manu and Oreste Cosimo as Alfredo and baritones {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opera Australia 2026 Review: Eugene Onegin

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(Photo credit: Keith Saunders) While Tchaikovsky may be one of the most popular composers of the symphonic repertoire and certainly one of the great ballet composers, his operas have, arguably, not reached similar stature or popularity in the West. Commentator David Garrett canvasses some of the difficulties of conveying Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” to non-Russian audiences in an essay on his {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Anna Skryleva on Making Her Debut at Opera Australia & ‘Eugene Onegin’

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(Credit: Katharina Gebauer) Anna Skryleva is an award winning conductor, composer, pianist, and synesthete. She regularly appears as a guest conductor at prestigious opera houses including the Hamburg State Opera, the Royal Swedish Opera, the Dallas Opera, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and this season she made her Teatro alla Scala debut. She is also making {…}

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Amy Lane Appointed Director of Opera at Opera Australia

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Amy Lane has been appointed Director of Opera at Opera Australia. She will begin her tenure in September. Lane was chosen following a rigorous national and international search and comes from the Copenhagen Opera Festival where she was Artistic Director. She was also worked as Head Staff Director at The Royal Ballet and Opera, Covent Garden. As a director Lane {…}

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Lauren Fagan & Andrei Bondarenko Lead Opera Australia’s ‘Eugene Onegin’

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Opera Australia is set to present Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” opening at the Sydney Opera House on March 17, 2026. The opera will be presented in a production by Kasper Holten and will be revived by rising star director Heather Fairbairn. Australian soprano Lauren Fagan will sing the role of Tatyana alongside Ukrainian baritone Andrei Bondarenko in the title role. They {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opera Australia 2026 Review: Hänsel & Gretel

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(© Carlita Sari) Elijah Moshinsky’s production of Engelbert Humperdinck’s (not to be mixed up with the British pop star!) “Hänsel & Gretel” premiered at the Sydney Opera House in 1992 to great acclaim and its first revival took place a few days ago. Considering that this delightful work features as No. 9 on Bachtrack’s worldwide review of most performed operas {…}