Review: Lucia di Lammermoor (Melbourne Opera)
The little company that could feeds Melbourne’s hungry opera lovers with an engaging new production of Donizetti’s bel canto classic.
The little company that could feeds Melbourne’s hungry opera lovers with an engaging new production of Donizetti’s bel canto classic.
Sopranos Helena Dix and Eleanor Greenwood are magnificent as rival queens in Donizetti’s Tudor tragedy.
The big finish to Wagner's monumental Ring cycle is musically and dramatically strong, engaging and a feather in Melbourne Opera's cap.
The problem child third opera in Wagner’s Ring tetralogy, Siegfried is dominated by male voices but women save the day.
Melbourne Opera’s Ring cycle hits its stride with an energising second instalment of Wagner’s tetralogy.
Melbourne Opera opened the first of its three full Ring cycles in Bendigo with a Das Rheingold packed with fine performances.
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Features include the story behind the Dunera Mass, Stuart Maunder's love of Gilbert and Sullivan, Joanna Murray-Smith's new play Julia, and pianist Zubin Kanga's explorations with state-of-the-art technology.
The director of Melbourne Opera’s Ring Cycle recalls the classical input of her grandparents, and being astonished when she first heard an opera singer’s voice in rehearsals.
Features include the story behind the Dunera Mass, Stuart Maunder's love of Gilbert and Sullivan, Joanna Murray-Smith's new play Julia, and pianist Zubin Kanga's explorations with state-of-the-art technology.
It’s hard enough for an opera company to survive without government funding, but staging Wagner’s Ring Cycle is something else. We trace the history of Melbourne Opera, which is presenting Australia’s first regional Ring Cycle in Bendigo.
Melbourne Opera and IOpera present a rollicking co-production of Kurt Weill's and Bertolt Brecht's rarely staged satirical three-act opera.
Melbourne’s opera year begins with an impressive second instalment of Wagner’s Ring Cycle.