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The Threepenny OperaAdelaide FestivalNo. of reviews: 8 | |
Barrie Kosky ‘makes it new’ with Brecht and Weil |
 20 Mar 24 / Australian Book Review |
Focus on bright stars, ambitious Arts Festival creates a constellation |
| 16 Mar 24 / Classical Voice North America |
Searing satire and a rage against capitalism wrapped up in a love story |
| 13 Mar 24 / Arts Hub |
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This production is a work of art |
| 12 Mar 24 / Glam Adelaide |
A very German experience |
| 10 Mar 24 / Australian Stage |
A play that will cut your complacency |
| 10 Mar 24 / Australian Financial Review |
Barrie Kosky’s deliciously entertaining take on Brecht |
| 7 Mar 24 / The Guardian |
Barrie Kosky’s brilliant makeover of Brecht, Weill and Hauptmann’s flawed masterpiece leaves you wondering how it could be performed any other way |
| 7 Mar 24 / Limelight |
The Nightingale and Other FablesAdelaide FestivalNo. of reviews: 5 | |
Focus on bright stars, ambitious Arts Festival creates a constellation |
| 16 Mar 24 / Classical Voice North America |
A stunningly inventive operatic reimagining makes its Australian debut in Adelaide |
| 5 Mar 24 / Arts Hub |
Stravinsky's Nightingale takes flight to open the Adelaide Festival |
| 5 Mar 24 / Bachtrack |
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A stunning visual, aural and oral feast, cirque de l'opera |
| 3 Mar 24 / Glam Adelaide |
Presented in Australia for the first time, Robert Lepage’s puppetry-based staging of Stravinsky’s short works is as brilliant as ever |
| 2 Mar 24 / Limelight |
Messa da RequiemAdelaide FestivalNo. of reviews: 1 | |
A medical emergency and vocal problems couldn’t mar Christian Spuck’s monumental staging of Verdi’s masterpiece |
| 10 Mar 23 / Limelight |
Watershed: The Death of Dr DuncanAdelaide FestivalNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Watershed: The Death of Dr Dunstan deserves a global audience |
| 10 Mar 22 / Limelight |
Powerful scenes of heartbreak and tenderness |
| 4 Mar 22 / The Guardian |
Le coq d'orAdelaide FestivalNo. of reviews: 6 | |
A never before seen opera in Australia given the surreal Kosky touch |
| 9 Mar 22 / Arts Hub |
This rarely-seen Russian satire of power and folly is brought to the Adelaide Festival with humour and brilliant imagination |
| 9 Mar 22 / In Daily |
This production of The Golden Cockerel is an absolute visual and aural feast |
| 8 Mar 22 / Glam Adelaide |
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Barrie Kosky’s reimagined Golden Cockerel launches Adelaide Festival |
| 8 Mar 22 / Bachtrack |
Putin’s shadow hovers over masterful opera about a warring Russian tsar |
| 7 Mar 22 / Sydney Morning Herald |
Dazzling opera about a mad Russian autocrat |
| 6 Mar 22 / The Guardian |
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Adelaide Festival announces centerpiece opera
Australia’s Adelaide Festival has announced that Barrie Kosky’s production of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Golden Cockerel” will be the centerpiece of the 2022 program.
Australia’s Adelaide Festival has announced that Barrie Kosky’s production of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Golden Cockerel” will be the centerpiece of the 2022 program.
In Europe’s arts nirvana, Kosky nurtures a new epic for Australia
Australia is about to benefit from Europe’s effort to support the arts through the pandemic: Kosky’s striking production of The Golden Cockerel, which premiered earlier this year in France, is on its way here in 2022.
Australia is about to benefit from Europe’s effort to support the arts through the pandemic: Kosky’s striking production of The Golden Cockerel, which premiered earlier this year in France, is on its way here in 2022.
A Midsummer Night's DreamAdelaide FestivalNo. of reviews: 4 | |
Enchanted voices: A Midsummer Night’s Dream transports audiences to a place of wonder |
| 5 Mar 21 / The Conversation |
A stunning Midsummer Night's Dream for the Adelaide Festival |
| 2 Mar 21 / Bachtrack |
Benjamin Britten’s opera opens the Adelaide Festival |
| 2 Mar 21 / Australian Book Review |
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An antipodean dream finally comes home |
| 28 Feb 21 / Limelight |
Breaking the WavesAdelaide FestivalNo. of reviews: 3 | |
Amazing Breaking the Waves: Scottish Opera at the Adelaide Festival |
| 17 Mar 20 / Bachtrack |
“Women endure” is the sad moral of this grim operatic story |
| 17 Mar 20 / In Daily |
Missy Mazzoli's opera, based on Lars von Trier's film, builds to a devastating finale |
| 17 Mar 20 / Limelight |
Die ZauberflöteAdelaide FestivalNo. of reviews: 4 | |
Hollywood meets German expressionism |
| 6 Mar 19 / Australian Book Review |
Barrie Kosky’s fantasy Flute is an Adelaide Festival highlight |
| 5 Mar 19 / Arts Hub |
Funny, delightful and, at first glance, baffling |
| 3 Mar 19 / In Daily |
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Kosky's Magic Flute enchanting and unforgettable |
| 2 Mar 19 / Sydney Morning Herald |
HamletAdelaide FestivalNo. of reviews: 9 | |
All the winds seem set fair for Hamlet to become a welcome part of the current operatic repertoire |
| 14 Mar 18 / Australian Book Review |
Brett Dean’s intense, immersive new opera makes for a thrilling start to this year’s Adelaide Festival |
| 9 Mar 18 / Limelight |
Brett Dean’s Hamlet demonstrates the power of opera as an art form |
| 9 Mar 18 / The Conversation |
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A new opera based on the most famous text in literature spectacularly transports it to contemporary times |
| 7 Mar 18 / The Article |
To sing or not to sing |
| 6 Mar 18 / Bachtrack |
A transfixing production that brings an invigorating modernity to Shakespeare’s famous tragedy |
| 5 Mar 18 / In Daily |
It is truly greater than the sum of all its parts |
| 5 Mar 18 / The Advertiser |
This is not just a new opera. It is an opera of our time |
| 5 Mar 18 / Australian Stage |
Hamlet opera mesmerising at Adelaide Festival |
| 5 Mar 18 / The Australian (via Google) |
Prima DonnaAdelaide FestivalNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Judy's ruby slippers dazzled, as did the vocally brilliant Jacqueline Dark singing Régine Saint Laurent |
| 24 Mar 17 / Limelight |
Rufus Wainwright charmed Adelaide with a Festival closer that showcased his monumental talents |
| 20 Mar 17 / In Daily |
L'OrfeoAdelaide FestivalNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Musically mind-blowing – a highly talented, intelligent collaborative period music ensemble |
| 10 Mar 17 / Limelight |
Concerto Italiano’s classy L’Orfeo thrills in Adelaide’s Town Hall |
| 9 Mar 17 / Bachtrack |
SaulAdelaide FestivalNo. of reviews: 7 | |
Kosky’s baroque extravaganza could power SA’s electricity grid for a month |
| 10 Mar 17 / Limelight |
Glyndebourne's Saul wins over Adelaide |
| 7 Mar 17 / Bachtrack |
The opening twenty minutes of this production are worth the price of admission on their own |
| 6 Mar 17 / Australian Book Review |
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Another euphoric reception of the Glyndebourne Festival’s Saul |
| 6 Mar 17 / Australian Stage |
A masterpiece of operatic staging |
| 6 Mar 17 / The Conversation |
Barrie Kosky's truly outstanding production |
| 6 Mar 17 / Sydney Morning Herald |
Barrie Kosky slays giant expectations in triumphant return to Adelaide |
| 4 Mar 17 / The Guardian |
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Adelaide Festival opera Saul sweeps national Helpmann Awards
Just as David slew Goliath, the Adelaide Festival’s centrepiece opera Saul toppled almost all its competition at Monday night’s national Helpmann Awards, sweeping six prizes from seven nominations.
Just as David slew Goliath, the Adelaide Festival’s centrepiece opera Saul toppled almost all its competition at Monday night’s national Helpmann Awards, sweeping six prizes from seven nominations.
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| Robert Lepage opera announced for Adelaide Festival 2024 |
Stravinsky’s ‘The Nightingale and Other Fables’ has been programmed by Artistic Director Ruth Mackenzie CBE next year, with more tentpole operas to come. |
| 21 Jun 2023 / Arts Hub |
| Adelaide festival to stage Verdi’s Requiem with a cast of hundreds |
After Covid thwarted two attempts to bring out Christian Spuck’s acclaimed Messa da Requiem, the festival has finally announced it as next year’s centrepiece. |
| 17 Aug 2022 / The Guardian |
| Adelaide Festival announces centerpiece opera |
Australia’s Adelaide Festival has announced that Barrie Kosky’s production of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Golden Cockerel” will be the centerpiece of the 2022 program. |
| 8 Sep 2021 / OperaWire |
| Adelaide Festival 2021 unveiled at last |
"It's been a journey," says Co-Artistic Director Rachel Healy as the Adelaide Festival announces a program featuring 10 world premieres, 14 Australian premieres, and 18 events exclusive to the festival. |
| 4 Dec 2020 / Limelight |
| Adelaide Festival announces 2021 centrepiece |
Neil Armfield’s staging of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream will headline. |
| 29 Sep 2020 / Limelight |
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