The Magic Flute – W. A. Mozart Opera Australia, 7 January 2016 Joan Sutherland Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House. Julie Taymor’s 2005 New York Metropolitan Opera production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute was first adapted for Sydney in 2012 and is now having its fourth series of performances in Opera Australia’s summer season. It is…
Non-subscribers to Opera Australia can now get their tickets for the 2016 Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour production of Puccini’s masterpiece Turandot. The annual outdoor presentation now in its fifth year will open on March 24 and run until 24 April, 2016 at the Fleet Steps, Mrs Macquaries Point. Multi-award winning Chinese director Chen Shi-Zheng will…
Turandot – Giacomo Puccini Opera Australia, 24 June 2015 Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House It is now 25 years since Graeme Murphy’s much-admired production of Turandot was first seen in 1990. During that time it has achieved almost iconic status because of the sheer beauty of many of its stage pictures. Murphy’s background as a choreographer is evident throughout as the opera unfolds in a series of…