Opera Australia has unveiled its highly anticipated 2026 season, a glittering program celebrating the company’s 70th anniversary. And one brave but extraordinary highlight will be My Fair Lady, featuring Julie Andrews as the Director. Wouldn’t it be Lovely? Oh, yes. We can Dance All Night to this news. The season is more than just a … Read more
There’s a reason why this season of performances by Opera Australia at the Sydney Opera House is particularly brilliant: the company has been brave enough to make the stories appeal to a contemporary audience. First, there was Danielle de Niese’s sultry Carmen. Now there is Australian soprano Nicole Car’s much more aggressive Rusalka. Both play … Read more
Opera Australia always goes for the big guns when it comes to Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, the one-of-one customisable floating stage that pops up from late March to late April each year. This 2025 season saw Guys & Dolls revived for the occasion, previous years have run through sure-shots like West Side Story and … Read more
Curious about the mysterious world of opera? Soprano Nicole Car makes the case for opera as the most intimate, immersive art form of all, ahead of her return to Sydney Opera House in Rusalka.
Pop star and prodigious swimmer Cody Simpson is set to make his return to the stage as he slinks into the lead role at Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour’s Guys & Dolls. With a brand-new production of the whimsical classic locked into one of the world’s most picturesque outdoor stages, Cody Simpson will tackle one … Read more
Sydney already puts on one of the world’s most famous New Year’s Eve fireworks displays each year, but now Opera Australia and Sydney Opera House are stepping things up with a festive double-bill. Anyone who wants to spend NYE inside one of the world’s most iconic buildings have two options to choose from this year. … Read more
Opera Australia has today confirmed that long-running musical Guys & Dolls will be coming to Sydney’s picturesque Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour in 2025. It appears Opera Australia enjoys the curious cross-section of vintage Manhattan and Sydney Harbour, with Guys & Dolls set to bring a bit of 1950’s New York City glamour to the … Read more
