Opera’s dramatic double bill – Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci returns this January, presented by Opera Australia in an Olivier Award-winning co-production with the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Götebord Opera Sweden and La Monnaie Brussels. Oozing with tragedy, intrigue, despair and overpowering emotion, Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana is a one-act tale of ‘rustic chivalry’ and ‘vendetta’ which…
Next year, Opera Australia presents King Roger by the Polish composer Karol Szymanowski (1882 – 1937). Get the story behind this rarely performed opera when the Sydney Opera Society presents a talk by Dr David Schwartz on this 20th century masterpiece. Opera Australia’s presentation in January 2017, is a co-production from the Royal Opera Covent Garden, directed by Kasper Holten….
Eugene Onegin, Opera in three acts by Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky libretto by Konstantin Shilovksy and Tchaikovsky, after the novel by Alexander Pushkin Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Opera Australia, February 28th 2014. Opera Australia unveiled Kasper Holten’s production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at the Sydney Opera House last week. It is the first…