Mazda Opera in the Domain in 2020 will showcase some of Australia’s most fabulous opera singers, including Stacey Alleaume, Anna Dowsley, Natalie Aroyan, José Carbó and Simon Kim with the Opera Australia Orchestra conducted by Brian Castles-Onion. A favourite on the Sydney event calendar, the free concert attracts over 15,000 people each year for a…
Puccini’s Tragedia giapponese in two acts, Madama Butterfly presented by Opera Australia, goes on the boards from June 28 to August 10. Set to libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica after David Belasco’s play Madame Butterfly, based again on a story by John Luther Long, the opera premiered at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, in February 1904. This new digital…
Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour opens this week and the offering this year is Puccini’s masterpiece La Bohème. Directed by Andy Morton and conducted by Brian Castles-Onion the sets and costumes are designed by Dan Potra who memorably designed the exquisite sets and costumes for Turandot (HOSH 2016). Here’s a preview of just some of Potra’s…