In this week’s edition of Ghost Light Opera James Clayton sings Scintille Diamant from The Tales of Hoffman, accompanied by Tommaso Pollio. Every Saturday night the West Australian Opera releases a clip of a performer singing a well known aria. The series takes it name from a ghost light – the single light left on the stage […]
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12 Apr 2020 /
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Sweeney Todd | His Majesty’s Theatre | Until 20th July SOLD OUT | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ WA Opera’s staging of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street has been rewarded with a sell-out season before the curtain even rose on the opening night performance. The tale of the barber who ruthlessly murders […]
Tags: Antoinette Halloran, Ben Mingay, James Clayton, Joshua Reckless, Roger Kirk, Sweeney Todd, WA Opera
14 Jul 2019 |
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The Cunning Little Vixen | His Majesty’s Theatre | Until 28th April| ★ ★ ★ ½ The WA Opera have boldly staged a work which outside the usual predictable repertoire. Leoš Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen is set in a forest and is filled with woodland creatures and forest inhabitants. While most operas are performed in German, French […]
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23 Apr 2018 |
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The West Australian Opera launch their 2018 season with their debut production of a rarely-seen work from Czech composer Leoš Janáček. The Cunning Little Vixen reflects on the circle of birth, life and death, as well as the connections between the world of human beings and the rest of the animal kingdom. The opera follows the […]
Tags: Emma Pearson, James Clayton, Leoš Janáček, Rachelle Durkin, the cunning little vixen, WA Opera, WASO
27 Feb 2018 |
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Queer audiences are eagerly awaiting Neil Armfield’s upcoming film ‘Holding the Man’ – but in the meantime the acclaimed director has delivered an amazing production of ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ with the WA Opera. While most operas are often somber affairs, Mozart’s comedic opera is played for maximum laughs and you’ll find yourself laughing out […]
Tags: Elvira Fatykhova, James Clayton, Marriage of Figaro, Neil Armfield, Opera
16 Jul 2015 |
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