Music
Puccini’s tragic love story La Bohème will be transported from the streets of Paris to the beach at Glenelg with an outdoor performance presented by State Opera in March next year.
Adelaide Festival
The centrepiece of the 2022 Adelaide Festival will be Barrie Kosky’s new production of Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Golden Cockerel, an opera the celebrated director says is weird and wonderful – part fairytale, part psychological drama and part political satire.
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In Sondheim’s famous musical thriller, Sweeney Todd goes on a rampage against humanity after his life falls to ruins. What does State Opera South Australia’s production tell us about the mind of this madman?
Ben Mingay is thrilled to be back at the cutting edge with State Opera’s musical thriller Sweeney Todd, saying the demon barber is his favourite part to date. He also reveals he still occasionally moonlights in a very different role.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream sits squarely in the tradition of a comedy of errors. Benjamin Britten’s take on the play, directed by Neil Armfield, is likely to throw fresh challenges to aficionados of opera and Shakespeare alike.
Adelaide Festival will present UK composer Benjamin Britten’s opera A Midsummer Night’s Dream as a highlight of its 2021 program, with four performances at the Festival Theatre plus big-screen streamed events in Elder Park and regional areas.
