Why an opera singer’s penis is worth more than a dancer’s
This interesting article from arts writer Andrew Taylor appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald last week. “… on the opera stage, the
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Opera Australia
Opera Australia: The Marriage of Figaro
Opera Australia’s absolutely splendid The Marriage of Figaro is in Melbourne until the end of November. Premiering in 1786, Mozart’s comic opera
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Dame Julie Andrews talks My Fair Lady, 60 years on
My Fair Lady, based on George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion, opened on Broadway in 1956. 60 years later, the production will be
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The success of the Melbourne Festival
It’s been 48 hours since my last Melbourne Festival show… Although Melbourne’s festival lovers are looking forward to being in
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Melbourne Festival: The Rabbits
The Rabbits is an hour-long opera based on a 1998 children’s picture book. Its Melbourne Festival season is sold out and
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BIG news! Julie Andrews to direct a new Australian production of My Fair Lady
We could not possibly be luckier. It was announced this morning that Dame Julie Andrews herself (you know, big time
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Review: Don Carlos, Opera Australia
Don Carlos is Verdi’s grandest and, in many ways, greatest opera. Opera Australia’s sweeping production – first staged by director Elijah Moshinsky
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Opera Australia announces $20 tickets for first timers
Never been to the opera? Ticket prices too high? Two patrons of Opera Australia have decided to offer $20 tickets
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Review: La Traviata – Opera Australia
Opera Australia’s current production La Traviata, directed by Elijah Moshinsky and first staged in 1994, is a sumptuous, desperately romantic
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Review: Turandot — Opera Australia
Graeme Murphy’s 1990 production of Turandot has an appealingly timeless quality; Murphy’s ensemble movement crests across the stage like waves,
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