Review: Madame Butterfly, Handa Opera On Sydney Harbour – Excellent Singing And A Scenic Triumph

Review: Madame Butterfly, Handa Opera On Sydney Harbour – Excellent Singing And A Scenic Triumph

  Madama Butterfly, G Puccini Handa Opera On Sydney Harbour  23 March 2014  This is the third year that Opera Australia has mounted a production on the waters of Sydney Harbour in Farm Cove.  The location remains unsurpassable: the harbour waters in the foreground, then the lights of the city and the Opera House, and…

A Sneak Peek At Butterfly

A Sneak Peek At Butterfly

Sydney’s star-gazers could be forgiven for an element of confusion over the next couple of weeks as not one but two moons and two suns float over Sydney harbour. The two gleaming orbs are part of Handa on Sydney Harbour’s 2014 production of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly which opens of Friday March 21st and runs every…

Bizet’s ‘Carmen’:Outstanding soloists in unflinching Andalusian style

Bizet’s ‘Carmen’:Outstanding soloists in unflinching Andalusian style

 Carmen G Bizet, libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy after Prosper Mérimée’s novel (1845). Opera Australia, Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, February 3rd, 2014. According to operabase.com Bizet’s Carmen ( 1873 – 4) was the second most frequently performed opera, during the worldwide 2013-14 season, with 477 performances, coming second to La traviata (577 performances). Opera…