Tenor Yonghoon Lee and soprano Karah Son – South Koreans are coming to Australia to lead the casts opposite each other in both Turandot (12 Jan – 14 Mar, although they both play the first half of the run) and Otello (19 Feb – 19 Mar) – a rare event. Yonghoon will play Calàf and Otello while Karah plays Liù and Desdemona. […]
Feel like you don’t know you Bizet from your Verdi? Your Turandot from your Rigoletto? Then Opera Australia’s Great Opera Hits it for you.
World-renowned Soprano Julie Lea Goodwin, talks reprising the role of Musetta for Opera Australia as she takes to the stage again in post-lockdown Sydney.
Richard Evans is the Managing Director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra. We reached him in Sydney at the orchestra’s home base. Richard is a well-known and respected arts leader in Australia, having run the Australian Ballet, the Sydney Opera House, and most recently the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Welcome, Richard.
Opera Australia has signalled a return to normal programming, announcing its entire 2022 season, confident that COVID shutdowns and debilitating restrictions will be a thing of the past. Statement from Opera Australia Opera Australia’s Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini published an emotional welcome to the 2022 season on the company website, outlining what a roller coaster […]
Ahead of their Sydney Opera House Debut, we are pleased to be joined by two renowned international opera singers, Alexander Vinogradov and Leah Crocetto, who are the leads in the upcoming productions of Atilla and Aida. We talk to Alexander and Leah about their backgrounds, varied careers, and their upcoming performances.
Opera Australia have announced the exciting news that Verdi’s rarely performed Ernani will premiere at the Sydney Opera House this February. To find out more about the production process during these unique times, and to understand the history of Ernani we spoke with Opera Australia’s Artistic Director, Lyndon Terracini, and the show’s Revival Director, Laura Galmarini.
The world-renowned Vietnamese Circus conquered the Sydney Opera House last week. With only five shows, and packed houses, next time they must stay longer! I loved the show. There were enthusiastic standing ovations. There were tears from older Vietnamese in the audience as they recalled the joys of village life and the lilting lullabies played by the five musicians.
On June 4, 1789, in the middle of a Sydney winter and less than 18 months since ‘First Settlement’, the first piece of ‘Western’ theatre was produced in the new colony – The Recruiting Officer by George Farquhar. This first theatrical production in the new colony was mounted in honour of King George III’s birthday, performed by a group of unknown convicts, to an elite audience of about 60 people, including Governor Arthur Phillip, the Marine Corps officers and their wives, as well as the few ‘free settlers’, and was performed in a ramshackle convict hut.
Terrence Williams took us backstage and behind the scenes for “The Unbelievables” load in day at the world famous Sydney Opera House on December 17, 2017. Terrence is a General and Production Stage Manager, TheatreArtLife Contributor and Founder of Stagecraft Academy. In case you missed, Terrence’s recent takeover, watch the full video.
On the 21st March 2017, Opera Australia left the curtain open for the audience to see the Opera Australia and Sydney Opera House crew execute one of the fastest and most complex scene changes in the Company’s repertoire. TheatreArtLife caught up with Opera Australia’s Production Manager, James Wheeler to chat about the epic “La Traviata” scene change.
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