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  • OPERA: THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE

    Gilbert & Sullivan is a cash cow for Opera Australia, which knows audiences will flock to see ... Read more

    Mon August 30th, 2010

    Anthony Warlow as The Pirate King (photo by Branco Gaica)

  • OPERA: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO

    As director of Le Nozze di Figaro, Neil Armfield draws out the great comic potential of what ... Read more

    Mon August 2nd, 2010

    Teddy Tahu Rhodes (Figaro) & Taryn Fiebig (Susanna) in & Opera Australia's 'The Marriage of Figaro' SW10 ©Branco Gaica 21.7.2010 (24)

  • OPERA: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

    OA's A Little Night Music is a knockout, with Sigrid Thornton and Anthony Warlow leading a stellar ... Read more

    Mon July 5th, 2010

    Photo © Jeff Busby

  • OPERA: LA TRAVIATA

    Opera is littered with the corpses and ruined reputations of much maligned women. Violetta in Verdi's La ... Read more

    Mon February 8th, 2010

    Elvira Fatykhova (Violetta Valéry) and Jonathan Summers (Giorgio Germont) © Branco Gaica

  • OPERA: TOSCA

    [gallery] If, sometimes, you get a little weary of seeing the same old (but gorgeous) period sets on ... Read more

    Mon February 1st, 2010

    John Wegner (Scarpia) & Takesha Meshé Kizart (Tosca) © Branco Gaica

  • OPERA: MANON

    Amelia Farrugia is aptly cast as Manon, the vivacious prostitute heroine of Jules Massenet's eponymous opera, which ... Read more

    Mon January 25th, 2010

    Amelia Farrugia (Manon), Julian Gavin (Des Grieux) & José Carbó (Lescaut), photo by Branco Gaica

  • OPERA: COSI FAN TUTTE

    Mozart's comic opera Cos Fan Tutte is given new life in Jim Sharman's direction of a tale ... Read more

    Mon September 21st, 2009 - 1 Comment

    Photo by Branco Gaica

  • OPERA: THE MIKADO

    Anthony Warlow reprises his role as Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner of Titipu, alongside a stellar cast ... Read more

    Mon August 31st, 2009

    Photo by Branco Gaica

  • OPERA: MANON LESCAUT

    [caption id="attachment_9114" align="alignnone" width="144" caption=" Branco Gaica "] [/caption] With five librettists working on Manon Lescaut, it ... Read more

    Mon July 20th, 2009

    Cheryl Barker (Manon Lescaut) & Jorge Lopez-Yanex (Des Grieux) © Branco Gaica

  • OPERA: BAROQUE MASTERPIECES

    As the indisputably greatest exponents of the Baroque style, Handel and Purcell are perennial favourites on the ... Read more

    Thu July 16th, 2009

    Yvonne Kenny as Dido in Opera Australia's 'Dido and Aeneas' ' SW09 Branco Gaica 25.6.2009 (545)

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