Opera Australia’s 2015 presentation of Puccini’s La Boheme is in full swing with Maija Kovalevska as Mimì and Diego Torre as Rodolfo. The Gale Edwards production is set in 1930’s Berlin. Scroll down to see all 7 images. Images courtesy Opera Australia, by Branco Gaica.
Images from Opera Australia’s current production of Verdi’s Rigoletto show the dark tones of the sinister set which reeks of conspiracy, against which the vivid costumes of the courtiers shine blood-red. Scroll down to see all 7 images. Images by Braco Gaica, courtesy Opera Australia.
Music critic Michael Church once noted the existence of “Those who mistakenly believe that historical operas by dead composers can only be made ‘relevant’ if they are updated and taken out of their traditional theatrical context”.* Whether or not you subscribe to this view, Opera Australia’s Roger Hodgman directed offering of Verdi’s masterpiece Rigoletto demonstrates…