7 Jan 2024
Miss Saigon: Love And Heartbreak In A World Consumed By War ~ Theatre Review
Miss Saigon Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre. Fri 5 Jan, 2024.
Opera
17 Nov 2019
Madama Butterfly by Puccini: Death Is Only A Postcard Away ~ Opera Review
Puccini’s 1904 opera, Madama Butterfly , is set in Nagasaki. B.F. Pinkerton, a lieutenant in the US Navy, buys a house on a hill overlooking the city.…
17 Nov 2019
The Mikado: State Opera SA Presents One Of Gilbert & Sullivan’s Most Loved Classic Comedy-Operas ~ Review
The Mikado is a story of love, execution and despair all wrapped up in perfect comedic timing, State Opera South Australia has once again produced a…
25 Mar 2019
Carmen In The Square: A Tale Of Love, Jealousy, Betrayal And Murder ~ State Opera Review
Carmen is possibly one of the best known operas performed on the modern stage, but even if you are unfamiliar with the storyline, the music is often…
2 Mar 2019
The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte): Mozart’s Final Opera, Presented by Komische Oper Berlin ~ Adelaide Festival 2019 Review
The Magic Flute was Mozart’s final opera, written and first performed in 1791, only a few months before his death. The libretto was written by Emanuel…
5 Aug 2018
State Opera Of South Australia and Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Present A Magnificent Production Of Richard Wagner’s The Mastersingers Of Nuremberg Act III ~ Opera Review
Celebrating 20 years since they first brought Wagner’s Ring Cycle to life, State Opera of South Australia are commemorating this milestone with a magnificent…
23 June 2018
Nosferatutu or Bleeding At The Ballet: A Gothically-Inclined Bloody Romp, Dripping With Slapstick Fun… And Blood! ~ Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review
A gothically-inclined romp across a bloody Swan Lake stage, Nosferatutu is dripping with fun and slapstick silliness, providing a truly unique cabaret…
23 June 2017
Le Gateau Chocolat ~ Black: The Untold Story Of His Hopes, Fears And Struggles With Depression – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review
Nigerian-born Le Gateau Chocolat has been a favourite at the Adelaide Fringe for some years. For this year’s Cabaret Festival he presents Black – a depiction of…
4 Nov 2016
Graduate Singers and Karl Geiger present their Final Concert for 2016 “How Shall We Sing?” at Elder Hall – Interview
Formed nearly 40 years ago by members of the various university choral societies who wanted to keep singing together after graduating from university, Graduate…
4 Sept 2016
Thoroughly Modern Millie: She’s A Small-Town Girl Looking For Love and Living On Her Dreams at Arts Theatre – Interview
Founded in 1937, The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of SA originally performed only G&S operettas. However, in recent times they have branched out to include…
6 Sept 2015
From Broadway To La Scala: Sublime Opera And Musical Theatre Classics Performed By Some Of Australia’s Most Talented Vocal Artists – Review
From Rodgers and Hammerstein to Mozart, Bernstein to Bizet and all the greats in between, this production soared from the very beginning. Featuring the sublime…
23 Aug 2015
Faust: For The Love Of… Temptation, Because We All Have A Little Good And Evil Within Us – Review
As the saying goes, “the devil is in the detail” – a statement that could not be truer for State Opera of South Australia’s brilliant production of Gounod’s…