This new Australian opera is about how opera portrays women
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Women have long been subjected to violence in the name of entertainment. The problem is particularly rife in opera, where characters are […]
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LIVE REVIEW // Wendy goes to see Opera Australia’s Madama Butterfly
BY WENDY ZHANG Madama ButterflyOpera AustraliaSydney Opera House, 29 July Black and white with dashes of red dominated the stage of Graeme Murphy’s production Madama […]
Opera is stuck in a racist, sexist past, while many in the audience have moved on
BY CAITLIN VINCENT, LECTURER IN CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE This article was first published in The Conversation. We’ve picked it up because we reckon […]
The future of opera is diversity
BY SYLVIE WOODS, LEAD WRITER (NSW) Nick Galvin and Nathaneal Cooper (Sydney Morning Herald) have this week revived the topic of problematic narratives and representation […]
LIVE REVIEW // Carissa goes to see OA’s Rigoletto
BY CARISSA DYALL RigolettoOpera AustraliaState Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, 11 May The opening night of Opera Australia’s Melbourne season featured Verdi’s Rigoletto, the story of […]