The Adelaide Oval has confirmed that Franco Zeffirelli’s production of Verdi’s “Aida” will be performed during the 2027 Adelaide Festival. The opera, which will be brought the Arena di Verona, will be presented on Feb. 26 and 27, 2027. The production was originally set to be presented in February 2026 but was postponed due to global shipping challenges impacting the transport of {…}
Matthew Lutton has been appointed as Artistic Director of the Adelaide Festival from 2026 to 2028. After nine years as Artistic Director and co-CEO of the acclaimed Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne, Lutton will take the creative leadership of Australia’s pre-eminent cultural event. During his time as Artistic Director and co-CEO, Lutton elevated Malthouse Theatre’s reputation as a space where {…}
(Photo Credit: -(c)-JEAN-LOUIS-FERDINANDEZ) The Adelaide Festival has announced its 2025 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Kaija Saariaho’s “Innocence” is set to make its Australian debut conducted by Clément Mao-Takacs and directed by Simon Stone. Performance Dates: Feb. 28-March 5, 2025 Jess Hitchcock & Penny Quartet perform 11 Australian composers, each commissioned to take one of Hitchcock’s {…}
Photo credit: Jörg Brüggemann The Adelaide Festival has announced its lineup for the 2024 festival. First up is “Guuranda,” commissioned by the Adelaide Festival. The work was created by a collective of First Nations artists, Narungga Elders and non-Indigenous artists. “Guuranda” is written and directed by Jacob Boehme with artwork by Narungga visual artist Kylie O’Loughlin and sung by Narungga {…}
(Picture Credit: Michael Cooper/COC) The Adelaide Festival has announced the centerpiece for its 2024 season. Per an official press release, Robert LePage’s production of Stravinsky’s “The Nightingale” will be the headliner at the festival. It will be presented between March 1 – 6, 2024. “It is a true joy to deconstruct a work and explore the boundless potential of opera,” {…}
Australia’s Adelaide Festival has appointed renowned arts leader Kath M. Mainland as its new Chief Executive from April 2022. In a statement, Mainland said, “What a privilege to be joining Adelaide Festival, one of the world’s leading cultural events and one I have enjoyed attending for almost two decades. I am incredibly passionate about the arts and its place in {…}
Australia’s Adelaide Festival has announced that Barrie Kosky’s production of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Golden Cockerel” will be the centerpiece of the 2022 program. The production, which will open in March 2022, will feature Venera Gimadieva, Vasily Efimov, Andrei Popov, Samuel Dundas, Pavlo Hunka, and Mischa Shelomianski. The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra will be led by former Music Director, Arvo Volmer. The {…}
(Credit: Opera Australia official website) Celebrated Australian opera director Elijah Moshinsky has died at the age of 75. Moshinsky graduated from the University of Melbourne and made his operatic debut in 1975 at the Royal Opera House with a production of Britten’s opera “Peter Grimes.” The famed director went on to stage a number of highly successful productions at the {…}
(Credits: Dario Acosta / Rachelle Durkin official website) The Adelaide Festival has announced the centerpiece of its 2021 Edition. Benjamin Britten’s operatic masterwork “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will make its Australian debut at the festival. The opera will star countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen in the role of Oberon; soprano Rachelle Durkin as Tytania; soprano Taryn Fiebig in the role of {…}
(Credit: James Glossop) Opera is quivering, twisting, and turning. Could it be that we are in an opera renaissance? There is a new blood pulsing through its veins. Opera and theater makers are pulling at its heart, resuscitating our interest and taking us to diverse locations with as yet unclassifiable languages and forms. The Xen of Opera looks at the {…}