Music
State Opera SA will shine a spotlight on three ‘lost’ Australian operas in its 2019 season, including two works to be presented in the historic Queen’s Theatre and “a deadly serious choral fantasy” based on a Louis Carroll poem.
Adelaide Festival
Barrie Kosky’s electrifying contemporary take on Mozart’s The Magic Flute – a blend of live opera with Tim-Burton-style animation and a silent film aesthetic – is set to be a highlight of the 2019 Adelaide Festival.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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