Mazda Opera in The Domain, Saturday February 1st, 2014. What’s not to like about opera? Everyday heroes and heroines, love triangles, sibling rivalry, parent-child conflict, murder and intrigue. Pile on gorgeous costumes, dazzling singing and lush melodies and surely those who argue that opera is not for everyone need to re-examine their views. Even…
Opera Australia’s annual free outdoor concert, Mazda Opera in the Domain will feature a selection of wonderful arias and overtures from works by opera’s greatest composers. In the line-up are sopranos Lorina Gore and Daria Masiero, mezzo‐soprano Jacqueline Dark, tenor Bradley Daley and baritone Shane Lowrencev. They will be accompanied by the Australian Opera and…
Opera Australia: Der Ring des Nibelungen, Richard Wagner Second Cycle State Theatre, Melbourne 27 November – 4 December 2013 During November and December Opera Australia presented the first staging of Wagner’s Ring on the east coast of Australia for 100 years. The individual operas of the first cycle have been perceptively reviewed on this website…