BY CHANTAL NGUYEN CarmenOpera AustraliaCockatoo Island, 25 November Ah, another outdoor experience brought to you by Opera Australia. Staged on Sydney’s gorgeous harbour complete with […]
BY ALEX SIEGERS Lamentation & JoySt Andrew’s Cathedral, Sydney, 7 November Conceived by Sydney Conservatorium of Music Honours student and St Andrew’s Cathedral Principal Lay […]
BY STELLA JOSEPH-JARECKI We would like to welcome Stella in her first blog published with CutCommon! Many people believe opera is a ‘dead’ artform – […]
BY WENDY ZHANG Madama ButterflyOpera AustraliaSydney Opera House, 29 July Black and white with dashes of red dominated the stage of Graeme Murphy’s production Madama […]
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Should you stay in Australia to build your music career, or travel overseas in search of bigger things? What even are those bigger things? […]
BY CARISSA DYALL RigolettoOpera AustraliaState Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, 11 May The opening night of Opera Australia’s Melbourne season featured Verdi’s Rigoletto, the story of […]
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Last year, we took you backstage with opera stars in our interview series Behind the Curtain. This year, we’re going to take you inside the […]
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Opera Australia’s West Side Story is hitting the Sydney Harbour with a bang. (That’s certainly what you’ll get with a concert that […]
BY MARK BOSCH, LEAD CRITIC WertherOpera AustraliaSydney Opera House, 22 February At this rate, I’ll have seen 12 operas beginning with the letter W by […]
BY WENDY ZHANG Turandot Opera AustraliaJoan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, 24 January Exotic stage design, stunning choreography punctuated by colours and movement, and brilliant […]
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