Australian Opera News

 
The West Australian
Stars shine on Broome opera
The West Australian
The two women had opera in common because Nott's son, Fergus Anderson, living in Japan at the time, was a freelance opera singer and Connolly had just returned to WA after four years studying opera in Milan. Why not invite Fergus back to Australia and ...


 
Sydney Morning Herald
Pitch perfect
Sydney Morning Herald
A Young Talent Time winner by age nine, lyric soprano Danielle de Niese has been lauded on world stages as an opera star bright enough to woo the gods. Now, as she returns to Melbourne to join the Australian Chamber Orchestra, she hits back at critics ...

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Weekly Times Now
Culture to the country
Weekly Times Now
Country culture vultures will be spoilt this year with the best in the business - from ballet, opera, drama and music - touring rural Victoria. By far the largest performances will be by the regional touring arm of Opera Australia, Oz Opera, ...


 
UK artist Hockney relents and accepts knighthood
The Australian
The pop art painter was appointed alongside former Australian prime minister John Howard, with the pair replacing artist Lucien Freud - a friend of Hockney - and Australian opera singer Dame Joan Sutherland, who both died in the past two years.

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Playbill.com
The Phantom of the Opera and Love Never Dies Return to US Cinemas May 21
Playbill.com
Love Never Dies, Lloyd Webber's musical sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, premiered in London in 2010. It was overhauled by a new Australian creative team, led by director Simon Phillips (Priscilla Queen of the Desert), and opened to positive notices ...

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Daily Mail
Kylie Minogue opens up about her cancer battle as she promotes her new movie ...
Daily Mail
The 43-year-old who shot to fame in the Australian soap opera Neighbours before succeeding in the music industry was promoting her new movie, Holy Motors. But it was her battle with the the disease which dominated a publicity interview with Paris Match ...

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Opera Australia's The Magic Flute brings opera to the masses
Courier Mail
Picture: Chris Scott Source: The Courier-Mail Australia is bringing opera to the masses, in a family-friendly, Broadway-brushed English version of a Mozart musical theatre classic. DIEHARD opera aficionados might be left clutching their pearls after ...