Douglas McNicol commands the stage as Gianni Schicchi. Photo: Bernard Hull

Music

Review: State Opera’s La Vida Breve & Gianni Schicchi

The rare double bill of Spanish opera La Vida Breve and Puccini’s popular Gianni Schicchi delivers an enriching night’s entertainment that balances tragedy and comedy, sensitivity and irony, writes Greg Elliott.

Adelaide Festival

Adelaide Festival to host Australian premiere of Hamlet opera

Following this year’s sell-out success Saul, the Adelaide Festival has announced that its 2018 program will feature another acclaimed operatic work from the UK’s Glyndebourne Festival: Australian composer Brett Dean’s adaptation of Hamlet.

Festivals

World’s first ‘virtual opera’ coming to Adelaide

Japanese virtual pop phenomenon Hatsune Miku will make her Australian debut at this year’s OzAsia Festival in the world’s first opera without humans – a work festival director Joseph Mitchell says pushes the boundaries of the artform.

Music

Power and passion aplenty in State Opera tragedies

State Opera SA’s Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci double bill is a night of love, seduction, jealousy, abandonment and abuse, writes reviewer Greg Elliott.

Adelaide Festival

Review: Barrie Kosky's Saul

2017 Adelaide Festival centrepiece Saul is a feast for the senses, with sumptuous settings and powerful performances.