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State Opera Australia to Present Gilbert & Sullivan Festival

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State Opera Australia is set to host its first-ever Gilbert & Sullivan Festival. The festival, which kicks off  on May 11, will feature performances of numerous works by the famed pair. “It is incredibly exciting to see the opening of the new Gilbert and Sullivan Festival and its action-packed program of performances, conversations and laughs joining the rich tapestry of {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opera Australia 2023 Review: Madama Butterfly

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Credit: Keith Saunders Opera Australia’s annual Handa Opera on the Harbor, named after Opera Australia’s Patron-in-Chief, Japanese businessman Haruhisa Handa, is undoubtedly one of Sydney’s most anticipated yearly social events. At the premiere of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly,” helmed by Spanish director Àlex Ollé on March 24th, a black-tie audience including three former Australian prime ministers indicated that the show had an {…}

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Best of 2022: OperaWire’s Top 11 Singers of 2022

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After a bumpy 2021, which still had numerous COVID cancelations, 2022 saw opera companies almost return to normalcy. There were setbacks like cyberattacks, a war that has destroyed a country, and companies losing funds from government agencies. But in all, it also showed how opera companies could unite through benefit concerts and through sheer artistry. And after releasing our favorite {…}

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Best Of 2022: OperaWire’s Top 10 Rising Stars Of 2022

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After two years of lockdowns, cancelations, and COVID, 2022 seemed like it would be an easier year. But alas it wasn’t as the world was struck with a war, human rights violations that were met with worldwide protests, and governments that threatened to rewind time and take away rights. There were also major cuts in funding for opera that has {…}

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Victorian Opera Appoints Stuart Maunder as Upcoming Artistic Director

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Victorian Opera has announced that Stuart Maunder has been appointed as its next Artistic Director. He is set to begin this new role in October 2023, just before the departure of current Artistic Director Richard Mills. Maunder brings with him decades of experience in stage management and administration, having worked at Opera Australia from 1998 to 2008 before being named {…}

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Opéra National de Paris 2021-22 Review: Wagner’s Parsifal

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(Credit: Vincent Pontet / ONP) The week Rafael Nadal lifted his trophy for an unprecedented 14th victory at the Roland Garros tennis tournament in Paris, the opera public attending Richard Wagner’s “Parsifal” at the Opéra National de Paris at the Bastille saw tenor Simon O’Neill triumphantly raise a supersized Holy Grail chalice with a shape that had an uncanny resemblance {…}

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Opera Australia 2022 Review: Otello

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(Photo credit: Prudence Upton) Whose version of “Othello” is better – Shakespeare’s or Verdi’s? You could have a good argument with someone over this. In Verdi’s opera, Iago is more overtly a villain (he says so in Act two’s “Credo in Dio crudel”) and there are potentially more shades to Otello, whose long speeches in Shakespeare’s “Othello” can too easily {…}

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Opera Australia 2022 Review: The Marriage of Figaro

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Photo Credit: Prudence Upton Opera Australia’s latest production for their 2022 summer season, a revival by Andy Morton of David McVicar’s 2015 production of “The Marriage of Figaro,” opened at Sydney Opera House on January 27th which, according to Opera Australia’s publicity, is Mozart’s 266th birthday. January 27th is also the day after Australia Day, the annual holiday which commemorates {…}