Musicals such as The King and I bring the crowds – but should a state-funded opera company be staging them? Photo: Brian Geach. Opera Australia Why is Opera Australia staging The King and I? The ...

As a schoolboy, I had always wanted to work in theatre of some sort. Opera was not my first choice but, as fate would have it, I landed a job as a young management accountant at The Australian Opera ...

With its glorious music and universal themes of love, friendship and loss, La Bohème is a story that transcends time and place, which makes it enticing for opera fans and easily accessible for ...

“I don’t think anyone leaves an opera company to start up another opera company,” he says with a wry laugh. Nevertheless, that’s what he’s done – albeit on a much smaller scale than the national opera ...

Australia’s largest performing arts company Opera Australia has reported a $10m operating deficit, as the board “thoroughly reviews … many aspects” of its operations. Over the last year, OA has shed ...

Opera Australia has plunged deeper into financial crisis, posting a $10 million operating deficit as chair Rod Sims defended its worst results since the pandemic. Melbourne performances of the Andrew ...

A free performance of songs from La Traviata attracted lunchtime crowds, to hear Melbourne soprano Stacey Alleaume ...