Welcome to our 2014 Season
Opera for everyone...
Candy coloured bikinis. Fiery gypsies. Magic quests and aching romance.
From Verdi to Vespas, this season has got something for everyone.
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The Melbourne Ring Cycle
A very limited number of “rush” (returned) tickets for individual Ring Cycle operas will be on sale from 9am on the first day of each Cycle. These are expected to go quickly and will be available until sold out.
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The Magic Flute
A world where animals dance and children fly...This enchanting production speaks to the child in all of us. Get to know the characters - check our our Guide to The Magic Flute for the whole family.
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La boheme
Gale Edwards’ lavish production inhabits 1930s Berlin, a hub for young impoverished creatives contending with the high cost of round-the-clock hedonism in a city seething with glitzy excess.
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Madama Butterfly - Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour
When you enter the magical harbour-edge setting and look at one of the world's most beautiful cities across the astonishing stage you'll understand why this has become one of the most talked about events in Sydney.
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Join us for New Year's Eve
There’s nowhere closer to the action than Sydney Opera House. Make this your most memorable New Year ever, and celebrate at Opera Australia’s famous New Year’s Eve event.
season suggestions
Date night
Whisk the one you love off their feet with this whirlwind of passion, drama, romance and wit. There'll be plenty of memorable tunes to hum all the way home.
Melbourne - The Turk in Italy, Carmen, Don Pasquale, The King and I
Sydney - La boheme, Madama Butterfly, The King and I, The Elixir of Love
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Matters of Life, Love & Death
Classic tales of love and loss, performed with a depth of emotion that conveys more than a story. You'll love these operas to death.
Melbourne - Rigoletto, Eugene Onegin, Carmen, Tosca
Sydney - Carmen, Eugene Onegin, Madama Butterfly, Rigoletto, Don Giovanni
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The Hit List
Big emotion. Bigger voices. This is opera at it's most spectacular. Enjoy all your favourite arias in one toe-tappingly perfect package.
Melbourne - Rigoletto, Carmen, Tosca
Sydney - La boheme, Carmen, The Magic Flute, Madama Butterfly, Rigoletto, Don Giovanni
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Classics with a twist
This package is made up of entirely new productions. And if you're new to opera, you'll get a kick out of these extraordinary performances.
Melbourne - The Turk in Italy, Eugene Onegin, Tosca, Don Pasquale
Sydney - The Turk in Italy, Eugene Onegin, Madama Butterfly, Rigoletto, Don Giovanni
from our blog
Gabriela Tylesova designs a new Turk in Italy
Tylesova’s larger-than-life designs provide a brilliant canvas for director Simon Phillips in a fast-moving farce set in an Italian seaside town. Our 2014 production of Rossini's The Turk in Italy opens on a beach and Gabriela is planning 50s style swimmers, beach balls, goggles and flippers as accessories for the sunbathers that open the show.
FROM OUR BLOG
Simon Mordant on philanthropy and the arts
Simon Mordant AM is a successful corporate advisor, philanthropist and Opera Australia’s newest board member. He is on a one-man mission to instil a spirit of giving among Australia’s business elite.“We want to leave the planet in a better shape than we found it,” he says.
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Robert Allman OBE AM
We are sad to report the passing of Robert Allman. Allman joined the Australian Opera to sing the role of Jokanaan in Salome in 1960, and 28 years later, his reprisal led then Artistic Director Moffatt Oxenbould to remark “he sounded so fresh-voiced and authoritative that it was hard, but wonderful, to believe that he had been with the Company since the first season in which we had performed Salome in 1960”.
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Katherine Wiles on singing with the Opera Australia Chorus
Katherine sings in the Chorus and as a principal, and is currently performing in the Melbourne Ring Cycle. She says: "There is also something incredibly powerful to be singing as part of a Chorus. When every chorister comes together, singing as one voice vocally, dramatically and musically, it can be a magical experience. I am incredibly proud to be part of the Chorus."