Hailed as the greatest tenor of our time, Jonas Kaufmann returns to Sydney in August to make his Australian operatic debut for Opera Australia, taking the challenging title role in a concert presentation of Wagner’s Parsifal in three Sydney performances. In 2014, Kaufmann performed a memorable recital series in Australia, in his inaugural tour of this…
The Nixon Tapes – Scenes from Nixon in China Sydney Opera House/ Opera Australia/ Vivid Live Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House June 5, 2017 When the Sydney Opera House, Vivid and Opera Australia presented The Nixon Tapes – Scenes from Nixon in China, the opera by John Adams, it was immediately evident that this was…
In just under three weeks, Opera Australia’s reprise production of Wagner’s The Ring Cycle opens in Melbourne. Returning to the production from its 2013 debut, are heldentenor Stefan Vinke as Siegfried, Jud Arthur as Fafner/Hunding, Jacqueline Dark as Fricka, and Lorina Gore, Domenica Matthews and Jane Ede as the Rhinemaidens. Neil Armfield will again direct…