Opera review: Madama Butterfly/Opera Australia

Opera review: Madama Butterfly/Opera Australia

Madama Butterfly  –  Giacomo Puccini Opera Australia,  Sydney Opera House 27 January 2015  Each year, Opera Australia has followed its Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour production with indoor performances of the same opera during the following year.  Presumably this is intended to entice patrons who enjoyed a performance under the stars to try ‘real’ opera…

Review: Madame Butterfly, Handa Opera On Sydney Harbour – Excellent Singing And A Scenic Triumph

Review: Madame Butterfly, Handa Opera On Sydney Harbour – Excellent Singing And A Scenic Triumph

  Madama Butterfly, G Puccini Handa Opera On Sydney Harbour  23 March 2014  This is the third year that Opera Australia has mounted a production on the waters of Sydney Harbour in Farm Cove.  The location remains unsurpassable: the harbour waters in the foreground, then the lights of the city and the Opera House, and…