Turandot – Puccini’s Most Perfect Creation Returns To Sydney With A Powerhouse Cast

Turandot – Puccini’s Most Perfect Creation Returns To Sydney With A Powerhouse Cast

Opera Australia presents a return season of Graeme Murphy’s grand vision of Puccini’s masterpiece, Turandot, set in imperial Peking, Taking the title role is American soprano Lise Lindstrom who has taken the role by storm in the major houses around the world and on film. Singing the role of Prince Calaf is Korean born new York based Yonghoon…

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…