Season Preview: Your guide to the arts in 2023

Bizet’s Carmen, staged on the hallowed turf of the WACA, Sondheim’s fairytale musical Into the Woods, a new production of La Bohème and the world premiere of a work by WA composer Lachlan Skipworth will feature among the works in the West Australian Opera’s 2023 season.

On top of that, comes exciting news that in 2024, it will stage a newly commissioned work from Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse called Wundig wer Wilura. Performed in the Noongar language, it follows the success of their first opera Koolbardi wer Wardong, which received a five-star review from Limelight when it premiered in October 2021.

Into the Woods

Into the Woods, Northern Ireland Opera, 2022. Photo © Steffan Hill

“Australian talent is at the front in everything we do and we’re particularly happy to see some West Australian singers take the stage in leading roles,” said the company’s Artistic Director Chris van Tuinen. “Our artists, including conductors, directors, designers, singers, and musicians, sit at the heart of this season, reminding us that there’s something special about this part...