The 13th annual Helpmann Awards ceremony was held earlier this week in the Joan Sutherland Theatre of the Sydney Opera House. Named after the legenday Australian dancer, actor, theatre director and choreographer Sir Robert Helpmann (1909 – 1986), the awards recognise excellence in live performance, acknowledging its significant contribution to the greater Australian community and recognising distinguished artistic achievement across the major disciplines of…
Preview Opera Australia’s new production of Puccini’s Tosca, directed by John Bell. ‘Tosca is the drama of Tosca, Scarpia and Cavaradossi, and you need three excellent singing actors to bring that drama to life”, says Lyndon Terracini, Artistic Director of Opera Australia. ” John Bell, with his long history as a theatre director is ideal for such…
The character Salome has about as many layers as veils with which she is draped. Gale Edwards directs a thoughtful and refreshing take on the eponymously titled opera by Richard Strauss, which opened in Sydney last week. The narrative is beautifully integrated with Julie Lynch’s costumes, Brian Thomson’s set designs and Kelley Abbey’s choreography. The production is supremely well presented…