There are breathtaking moments throughout Requiem. Photo: Pascal Victor for Festival d’Aix-en-Provence

Adelaide Festival

Staring into the abyss with Requiem

Into the fiery fields and ashen valleys of present-day Australia comes a searing re-imagining of Mozart’s Requiem that ripples with pressing questions about extinction and self-annihilation.

Music

Opera review: The Mikado

Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operetta The Mikado is the most recognisable and most performed of their works. Delivered with fine singing and clever stage presentation, this Adelaide production of the 1885 show is vibrant and charming.

Arts & Culture

SA hits a high note with 25 Helpmann nominations

South Australia has scored 25 nominations in the 2019 Helpmann Awards, including six for the Adelaide Festival centrepiece The Magic Flute and three for shows presented by the Adelaide Cabaret Festival.

Music

Carmen: ‘It's a chance for us to say, opera is for everyone’

Anticipation is building for State Opera’s open-air performance of Carmen as the stage and seating takes shape in Victoria Square, with artistic director Stuart Maunder saying the audience can expect an experience both epic and intimate.

Music

Review: The Merry Widow

Director and choreographer Graeme Murphy has created a visual feast with this pacy new production of The Merry Widow presented by the State Opera, writes reviewer Greg Elliott.