How I’m keeping up my chops for 15+ hours of Wagner’s Ring Cycle
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Wagner’s Ring Cycle is a marathon for audiences and performers. It features four individual operas with a combined duration of at least […]
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This new Australian opera is about how opera portrays women
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Women have long been subjected to violence in the name of entertainment. The problem is particularly rife in opera, where characters are […]
LIVE REVIEW // Alison goes to see Tosca (1970s style)
BY ALISON PARIS, LEAD WRITER (CHILDREN AND EARLY LEARNING) ToscaOpera QueenslandQPAC, 13 June Tosca follows three central characters tied together in a time of political […]
Sam Hartley talks about his stage role with Opera Queensland
BY ALISON PARIS, LEAD WRITER (CHILDREN AND EARLY LEARNING) Opera Queensland’s production of Tosca is set in the politically tense 1970s Italy. Opera singer Tosca […]
LIVE REVIEW // Alison goes to A Flowering Tree
BY ALISON PARIS, LEAD WRITER (CHILDREN AND EARLY LEARNING) A Flowering TreeOpera QueenslandQPAC, 2 April 2019 When Opera Queensland’s 2019 season was announced, A Flowering Tree […]
Emma Nightingale to sing in an opera “audiences identify with”
BY ALISON PARIS Opera Queensland is opening its 2019 season with John Adams’ A Flowering Tree – a fantastic tale of a young peasant woman […]
Duncan Rock wants you to hate yourself for liking Don Giovanni
BY BRIDGET O’BRIEN Brisbane! An operatic juggernaut of skill and panache is in town to rock the Opera Queensland stage. British/Australian baritone Duncan Rock […]
Stuart Skelton on gang mentality and Peter Grimes
BY BRIDGET O’BRIEN UPDATE 15 JULY 2019: Stuart will revisit this role with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra this July 25 and 27. The dramatic colossus […]
Want to get naked for an opera?
CONTENT COURTESY OPERA QUEENSLAND This October, Opera Queensland is staging a bold new production of Don Giovanni directed by Lindy Hume at the Playhouse, QPAC. At […]
“Everyone defines their own personal success”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Merry Widow will hit Brisbane this month, and will surely please those seeking a musical fix of Parisian style and comedy. […]