Wozzeck, Opera Australia Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House 25 January, 2019 Considered one of the most formidable works in the canon, Opera Australia’s presentation of Alban Berg’s era-defining opera Wozzeck, directed by William Kentridge, is brilliantly conceived and executed. An Opera Australia co-production with the Salzburg Festival, the Metropolitan Opera and The Canadian Opera…
Soprano Jessica Pratt and tenor Michael Fabiano are the undoubted stars of Opera Australia’s current production of Donizetti’s bel canto masterpiece Lucia di Lammermoor. Along with a strong supporting cast, the Opera Australia Chorus and the Opera Australia Orchestra, audiences and critics have been both moved and amazed by the stellar musical and dramatic performances….
Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour in 2018 opens this week presenting Puccini’s verismo masterpiece La Bohème, the tale of the art-loving quartet of young men and the shy seamstress, Mimi. This new production of La Bohème is set in a wintery 1960s Parisian landscape, with cobblestone laneways, glowing street lamps and bohemian costumes, has some surprising…