(Credit: Jeff Busby) The Sydney Opera House will reopen on Jan. 5, 2021, with the production of Franz Lehár’s operetta ” Die Lustige Witwe,” following a 10-month long hiatus. The operetta will star the principal soprano of Opera Australia Julie Lea Goodwin in the role of Hanna Glawari, and English-Australian operatic tenor and musical theatre actor Alexander Lewis in the {…}
Opera Australia has announced a three-month COVID-safe season that includes two productions never before performed by the Company. The organization will reduce venue capacities by 50 percent and will implement physically-distanced theater seating, regular cleaning of high-traffic and high-touch areas with hospital-grade disinfectant, and hand sanitizer stations in frequently accessed areas and near bathroom facilities. There will also be COVID-19 {…}
This spring, Handa Opera will present U.S. based director Francesca Zambello’s new production of ‘West Side Story,’ the very first musical to take place outside on Sydney Harbor. The production, according to the press release, will bring “a gritty, urban New York landscape to a floating stage on the picturesque shores of Sydney Harbor, complete with graffiti-covered streetcars, a subway {…}