Review: Verdi’s Rigoletto/Opera Australia

Review: Verdi’s Rigoletto/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…

Operaquatics – More pictures from the final rehearsals for La Traviata which opens tonight!

Operaquatics – More pictures from the final rehearsals for La Traviata which opens tonight!

Tonight’s the night!! Sydney Harbour has been transformed and for the next three weeks the city will be in the thrall of a history making event as Verdi’s immortal opera La Traviata is presented on a floating stage surrounded by icons of the city and under a giant chandelier that seems like it has been strung…