This week Paul O’Neill returns to the WA Opera’s Ghost Light Opera series to sing La Donna e Mobile from Rigoletto. He is 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 – […]
This week for the WA Opera’s Ghost Light Opera series Fiona Campbell and Emma Matthews sing Duo Des Fleurs from Lakmé accompanied by Tommaso Pollio. The flower duet from Lakmé, set early in the opera and revealing nothing more than two girls picking flowers, has become one of the most well-known pieces of music on the […]
The West Australian Opera has released the first of their Ghost Light Opera series with Paul O’Neill singing Vesti la Giubba from Pagliacci. The opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo first premiered in 1892 and is the only one of the composers works that is still regularly performed. The opera is usually presented as a double-bill alongside Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro […]
The West Australian Opera will be returning to The Pinnacles in the Nambung National Park for a very special show on Saturday 4th April. The company strives to be the opera company for all Western Australians. In keeping with its commitment to provide access to opera in regional and remote areas, they’ll b delivering Opera […]
Hansel and Gretel | Supreme Court Gardens | 22nd Feb | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ WA Opera presented their annual Opera in the Park event on Sunday night and it was a fun and frolicking affair with Hansel and Gretel. Performed in English, the opera is a light hearted and comical telling of the Grimm brothers classic fairytale, […]
Without doubt one of the biggest cultural events on the calendar for 2020 is the West Australian Opera’s production of Star Navigator, a new work by musician Tim Finn. The brand new opera, Finn’s first, was commissioned by West Australian Opera, New Zealand Opera and Victorian Opera and supported by the state government of Western Australia. […]
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 […]
Opera in the Park returns to the City of Perth in 2019 with West Australian Opera’s production of the Verdi classic La traviata. La traviata tells the story of Violetta, a courtesan with a tragic secret. When she encounters the charming Alfredo, who is besotted with her, Violetta sees the chance for a new life with […]
Don Giovanni | His Majesty’s Theatre | til Oct 27 | ★ ★ ★ ★ West Australian Opera’s 2018 production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni brings life to the legend of the fictional libertine Don Juan, ultimate seducer. This tragi-comedy follows the life of a dark, seductive anti-hero working his way through the women of Europe in the […]
Carmen | His Majesty’s Theatre | Until July 28th July | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Carmen is one of opera’s most loved works. Georges Bizet’s scandalous work is filled with tunes that everybody knows – even if you’ve never seen the work performed. The opera’s most loved songs Habanera: L’amour est un oiseau rebelle and the Toreador song have pervaded every […]
