Review: Tosca/Opera Australia

Review: Tosca/Opera Australia

  Tosca  –  Giacomo Puccini Opera Australia,  Sydney Opera House, 13 January 2015  John Bell’s production of Tosca for Opera Australia was first seen 18 months ago. It was very successful then, and is perhaps even more so in the current revival. This compelling production is set in Rome in 1943 during the Nazi occupation…

A Superb Cast Takes a Roman Holiday – ‘Don Pasquale’ reviewed

A Superb Cast Takes a Roman Holiday – ‘Don Pasquale’ reviewed

Don Pasquale  –  Gaetano Donizetti Opera Australia , 18 July 2013 When Donizetti wrote Don Pasquale for Paris in 1841, it was an immediate success.  Within six months it had been produced in Milan, Vienna, Brussels and London and it has remained one of the most popular comic operas ever since.  So it is surprising…