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Aida

Opera Australia


No. of reviews: 1

Musically first-rate and impressively sung
7 Dec 23 / Arts Hub
Così fan tutte

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 2

Opera Queensland's Cosi is a lot funnier, fancier and fizzier than its advertising poster suggests
11 Aug 23 / Limelight
All in all, this is an evening of great fun and profound questioning
11 Aug 23 / Australian Stage
Macbeth

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 1

Opera Queensland's static, stand-and-deliver staging of Verdi’s Macbeth yielded mixed results
11 Mar 23 / Limelight
La voix humaine

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 1

This double bill is captivating, intelligent, theatrical and emotional
21 Sep 22 / Limelight
The Call

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 1

This double bill is captivating, intelligent, theatrical and emotional
21 Sep 22 / Limelight
La Traviata

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 2

This entire show was beautiful
16 Jul 22 / Australian Stage
Verdi’s glorious music and excellent singing shine through in a classic retelling of the story
15 Jul 22 / Limelight
The Sopranos

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 2

A commission that defies stereotypical representations of victimised women and offers bold and spirited alternatives
5 Apr 22 / Arts Hub
This new work plays with centuries of expectations around women’s roles in opera
31 Mar 22 / Limelight
Le nozze di Figaro

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 2

Froth and scandal: a classic that bears modern resonance
20 Jul 21 / Arts Hub
Mozart’s glorious music wins the day in Opera Queensland's overly busy, contemporary interpretation
17 Jul 21 / Limelight
Lorelei

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 3

An intoxicating mix of musical, opera, cabaret and burlesque
10 Mar 21 / Arts Hub
Patriarchal norms crashed against the surge of modern women
9 Mar 21 / scenestr.
Cabaret and opera combine in this gleeful myth deconstruction, giving you plenty to think and talk about
7 Mar 21 / Limelight
Orfeo ed Euridice

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 3

Owen Willetts è un Orfeo carismatico in completo nero e camicia bianca
30 Oct 19 / Operaclick (Italian)
Outdated asylum setting aside, Orfeo ed Eurydice with circus troupe astounds
25 Oct 19 / Limelight
A bold reimagining through circus and opera
25 Oct 19 / The Conversation
Tosca

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 2

Rachelle Durkin’s passionate, vibrant interpretation of the title role was compelling
24 Jun 19 / Australian Stage
Tosca, a political lighthouse opens at Opera Queensland
14 Jun 19 / Broadway World
A Flowering Tree

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 4

Visual artistry on display in Opera Queensland’s ‘A Flowering Tree’
17 Apr 19 / QNews
Opera Queensland deserves great praise for opening their 2019 season with this lovely work
6 Apr 19 / Australian Stage
John Adams’ South Indian folktale blooms into a fabulous operatic performance
5 Apr 19 / Limelight
Opera Queensland’s staging of John Adams’ 'A Flowering Tree' is simple, focused, and restrained
4 Apr 19 / scenestr.
Don Giovanni

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 1

Duncan Rock makes a spectacular Don in this feminist production by Lindy Hume
26 Oct 18 / Limelight
Peter Grimes

Opera Queensland / Brisbane Festival


No. of reviews: 3

Peter Grimes is a thrilling and moving staging of the great English opera
21 Sep 18 / The Conversation
A change of lead halfway through doesn't quite sink Brisbane Festival's compelling Peter Grimes
21 Sep 18 / Limelight
Show goes on despite nightmare mishap
21 Sep 18 / The Guardian
Die Lustige Witwe

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 2

This production certainly glitters visually, but all is not gold
29 Jun 18 / Limelight
Beautiful, sumptuous and a little off-key
25 Jun 18 / scenestr.
Ruddigore

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 3

This production is a delight
18 Jul 17 / Australian Stage
Lindy Hume took a contemporary look at a work that was decidedly dusty and gave it a fresh and pleasing spin
17 Jul 17 / Stage Whispers
Lindy Hume’s direction saves Gilbert and Sullivan’s ugly ducking
16 Jul 17 / The Australian (via Google)
Kiss me, Kate

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 1

It was a show of extremes
21 Nov 16 / Australian Stage
Snow White

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 2

Lindy Hume’s reimagining of the Grimm fairy tale puts the Queen in the spotlight
16 Sep 16 / Limelight
Opera incarnation of Snow White not the fairest of them all, thankfully
10 Sep 16 / Brisbane Times
Il barbiere di Siviglia

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 1

Rossini’s tongue-in-cheek, evergreen operatic comedy celebrates its 200th Anniversary
11 Jul 16 / Arts Hub
Madama Butterfly

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 2

Madam Butterfly reborn with a gentle touch at Lyric Theatre
16 May 16 / Brisbane Times
A stunning new Butterfly for Queensland delivers mixed results
13 May 16 / Limelight
Candide

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 1

All-singing, all-dancing, all-energy, this is a dazzling production
31 Jul 15 / Daily Review
Opera Queensland to sell cheaper tickets
Opera Queensland hopes cheaper tickets will give 'everyone the opportunity to experience opera'.
La Traviata

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 2

OperaQ's production brings this classic tale into the 21st century
13 May 15 / Arts Hub
La Traviata is virtuosic Verdi
13 May 15 / The Australian (via Google)
The Perfect American

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 3

The Lion King will sellout for weeks next door. Walt, ultimately, gets the last laugh
17 Sep 14 / Daily Review
New Philip Glass production an opera Disneyland
16 Sep 14 / Sydney Morning Herald
Philip Glass opera shatters Disney myth
16 Sep 14 / Brisbane Times
Dan Potra finds his calling in The Perfect American
Theatre designer Dan Potra was an avid watcher of Disney films when he was a boy growing up in Bucharest, and made his own cartoons about a pair of rascals called Oaca and Boaca.
Rigoletto

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 3

Opera Queensland’s new production, conducted by Johannes Fritzsch, is a feast for the ears
17 Mar 14 / Arts Hub
Verdi's masterpiece makes rather a grand metaphor for Berlusconi's Italy
17 Mar 14 / Limelight
Genius at work in classic tragedy
17 Mar 14 / The Australian (via Google)
Verdi's Rigoletto plays right into the hands of a Silvio fox
The Duke of Mantua’s debauchery is a perfect match for Berlusconi’s lusty lifestyle, in Opera Queensland's production.
Elena Xanthoudakis: Rising star of the bel canto
As she opens in Opera Queensland's Rigoletto, the soprano talks about her new CD and the times ahead.
Otello

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 1

Verdi's new production of Otello is a tour de force in musicality, but consists of questionable choreography
28 Oct 13 / Arts Hub
St Matthew Passion

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 1

Lindy Hume's risky revival of Bach's St Matthew Passion
22 Mar 13 / The Australian (via Google)
Carmen

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 2

Kirsten Chavez, as Carmen, is all woman
29 Oct 12 / Australian Stage
Chavez shakes dangerous life into Carmen
29 Oct 12 / The Australian (via Google)
The Mikado

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 1

One Mikado that deserves to be seen, and fully heard
10 Jul 12 / The Australian (via Google)
Macbeth

Opera Queensland


No. of reviews: 2

Massed voices sing out triumphantly to drive off that old curse
16 Apr 12 / The Australian (via Google)
The performance resonated powerfully and deeply
15 Apr 12 / Australian Stage
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News & Articles

Opera Queensland pops cork on 2024 season
"Risk is a part of the DNA of art," says Opera Queensland’s Artistic Director Patrick Nolan. His 2024 season embraces it.
27 Oct 2023 / Limelight
Opera Queensland unveils its 2023 season
Likening opera to slow-cooking, Opera Queensland’s Artistic Director Patrick Nolan continues breaking new ground with his genre-defying programming from QPAC to the outback.
18 Oct 2022 / Limelight
Opera Queensland announces 2022 season
The season will kick off with a new production of “The Sopranos,” which explores the representation of women in opera throughout history.
16 Nov 2021 / OperaWire
Opera Queensland announces its 2021 season
The 40th anniversary season will feature Lorelei, a new Marriage of Figaro and Aida with Opera Australia, as well as a regional tour of Are You Lonesome Tonight, which combines opera and country music.
29 Nov 2020 / Limelight
Opera Queensland announces its 2020 season
Lorelei gets a second life, Opera Australia's digital Aida comes to town, and Simon O'Neill stars in Tristan und Isolde.
23 Aug 2019 / Limelight