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
Read moreThis interesting article from arts writer Andrew Taylor appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald last week. “… on the opera stage, the
Read moreOpera Australia’s absolutely splendid The Marriage of Figaro is in Melbourne until the end of November. Premiering in 1786, Mozart’s comic opera
Read moreMy Fair Lady, based on George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion, opened on Broadway in 1956. 60 years later, the production will be
Read moreIt’s been 48 hours since my last Melbourne Festival show… Although Melbourne’s festival lovers are looking forward to being in
Read moreThe Rabbits is an hour-long opera based on a 1998 children’s picture book. Its Melbourne Festival season is sold out and
Read moreWe could not possibly be luckier. It was announced this morning that Dame Julie Andrews herself (you know, big time
Read moreDon Carlos is Verdi’s grandest and, in many ways, greatest opera. Opera Australia’s sweeping production – first staged by director Elijah Moshinsky
Read moreNever been to the opera? Ticket prices too high? Two patrons of Opera Australia have decided to offer $20 tickets
Read moreOpera Australia’s current production La Traviata, directed by Elijah Moshinsky and first staged in 1994, is a sumptuous, desperately romantic
Read moreGraeme 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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