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Caught between passionate love and a longing for freedom, Carmen must face her fate in Bizet’s most popular opera. Carmen is irrepressible and enchanting; the femme fatale you can’t forget. Don José is captivated by her sensual Habanera, giving up everything to follow her. But Carmen cannot be contained. Her wandering eye has already found …
Putting on a festival in 2020? Impossible. Making art AND sharing it with an audience in 2020? Impossible. Doing it all while locked in your house for six months in order to protect our most vulnerable? Definitely impossible. Right? Yet here we are – not just surviving but thriving. Online, analogue, in your home and …
Balmy sea breezes carry the perfume of French romanticism. Old friends Zurga and Nadir are reunited and vow to never again let love for a woman threaten their brotherhood. When a mysterious priestess arrives in the fishing village, their bonds of friendship are tested. Exoticism was all the rage in 19th century Europe. Bizet tapped …
Set in Venice, and a balmy isle in the Mediterranean, this is the quintessential light opera of mixed up babies at birth, set to “the happiest music ever written by an Englishman”. Cachucha, fandango, bolero, Sullivan was truly inspired to write such delicious Italian and Spanish melodies. Gilbert’s satire of Republicanism is still as fresh …
Set in Venice, and a balmy isle in the Mediterranean, this is the quintessential light opera of mixed up babies at birth, set to “the happiest music ever written by an Englishman”. Cachucha, fandango, bolero, Sullivan was truly inspired to write such delicious Italian and Spanish melodies. Gilbert’s satire of Republicanism is still as fresh …
Set in Venice, and a balmy isle in the Mediterranean, this is the quintessential light opera of mixed up babies at birth, set to “the happiest music ever written by an Englishman”. Cachucha, fandango, bolero, Sullivan was truly inspired to write such delicious Italian and Spanish melodies. Gilbert’s satire of Republicanism is still as fresh …
Set in Venice, and a balmy isle in the Mediterranean, this is the quintessential light opera of mixed up babies at birth, set to “the happiest music ever written by an Englishman”. Cachucha, fandango, bolero, Sullivan was truly inspired to write such delicious Italian and Spanish melodies. Gilbert’s satire of Republicanism is still as fresh …
JOSEPH CALLEJA is one of the most exciting lyric tenors in the world today. Blessed with a golden-age voice which routinely inspires comparisons to legendary singers from earlier eras, CALLEJA is now a superstar in all the greatest opera houses and concert halls around the globe. In this, his eagerly anticipated debut Australian tour, the …
This rollicking, comedic opera of Cinderella presents the story you know – with a few extra twists. One of the most popular stories of all time, set to sparkling music, La Cenerentola is the perfect introduction to opera for those who have yet to embrace the artform, as well as an evergreen for the opera …
This rollicking, comedic opera of Cinderella presents the story you know – with a few extra twists. One of the most popular stories of all time, set to sparkling music, ‘La Cenerentola’ is the perfect introduction to opera for those who have yet to embrace the artform, as well as an evergreen for the opera …
Poppea is determined to marry Emperor Nero and rule alongside him. Nero is determined to have Poppea, regardless of the cost. And they will remove anyone who stands in their way. But who is really in control? The goddesses of Love, Virtue and Fortune meddle in the affairs of mortals as they battle for supremacy …
Following recent successful seasons in Melbourne of the operas Maria Stuarda, Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro, Il Tabarro, La Boheme and Norma, Millennium Opera are excited to present a wonderful, full concert performances of Bizet’s iconic opera and much-loved French masterpiece, Carmen. Audiences for ‘Carmen’ can expect beautiful singing accompanied by the rich intoxicating …
The acclaimed Melbourne soprano Helena Dix returns from performances and broadcasts at New York’s Metropolitan Opera (Norma) and in London (Clemenza di Tito) to star in Maria Stuarda for Melbourne Opera. Long regarded as one of the most demanding bel canto roles, Maria Stuarda traces the downfall of Mary Stuart at the hands of Elizabeth 1. A string of virtuoso arias and duets, a famous confrontation …
The acclaimed Melbourne soprano Helena Dix returns from performances and broadcasts at New York’s Metropolitan Opera (Norma) and in London (Clemenza di Tito) to star in Maria Stuarda for Melbourne Opera. Long regarded as one of the most demanding bel canto roles, Maria Stuarda traces the downfall of Mary Stuart at the hands of Elizabeth 1. A string of virtuoso arias and duets, a famous confrontation …
The acclaimed Melbourne soprano Helena Dix returns from performances and broadcasts at New York’s Metropolitan Opera (Norma) and in London (Clemenza di Tito) to star in Maria Stuarda for Melbourne Opera. Long regarded as one of the most demanding bel canto roles, Maria Stuarda traces the downfall of Mary Stuart at the hands of Elizabeth 1. A string of virtuoso arias and duets, a famous confrontation …