★★★½ Emerging artists of @VictorianOpera interpret numerous oddballs of history in this handsomely staged production of a forgotten mid-century gem.
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What a fabulously zany collection of divertissements English Eccentrics is! Everyone has their idiosyncrasies - they just need to be made room for. It was such a privilege to see this pool of talented young artists creating memorable theatre in this @VictorianOpera production.
So, I’d better lap up tonight’s opening performance of @VictorianOpera’s English Eccentrics @UniMelb’s Union Theatre. Given how rarely composer Malcom Williamson’s 1964 work is staged, it’s highly unlikely I’ll get to see it again.
Wow! ‘Sweeney Todd’ is going to be a delicious piece of theatre!! Starring Ben Mingay as Sweeney Todd and Antoinette Halloran as Mrs Lovett 🥧🪒 @SydOperaHouse from 22 July #Sweeneytodd
Throwback to our performance of Music of the Spheres with @perthfest , featuring music spanning centuries, featuring glorious renaissance motets and exquisite arias by Handel, Mahler, and Strauss.
★★★★☆ 'This new production of Mozart’s Idomeneo marked what one can only hope will be an ongoing collaboration between Victorian Opera and Opera Australia.'
@VictorianOpera@OperaAustralia#opera#music#idomeneo#mozart
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We're delighted to announce the talented cast of Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
This production, originally presented by #VictorianOpera in 2015, comes to the #sydneyoperahouse this July and August for a strictly limited season.
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'Mozart took the outmoded form and did something highly original with it, infusing it with a lyricism and humanity not seen before.'
Peter Rose reviews 'Idomeneo' | @VictorianOpera@OperaAustralia@PalaisTheatre
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- achieved through set design being successfully blended with vivid video design and captivating cinematography. Rarely performed in Australia, Idomeneo is a night of opera that you don’t want to miss - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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In a noble and heart-warming reimagining of Mozart’s 18th century reimagined Greek myth, @VictorianOpera and @OperaAustralia’s Idomeneo has 6 months to tweak with to add further polish. My thoughts @arts_review: https://t.co/WyBoWTLxJq
Lindy Hume’s new production of this early Mozart opera for @VictorianOpera and @OperaAustralia offers much to delight both eye and ear, writes @MaunderMaxima. https://t.co/WynKzelBMU
Mozart's Idomeneo plays Thursday 6 July and Saturday 8 July at 7.30pm at the @PalaisTheatre in a special coproduction with @OperaAustralia and @MelbChamberOrch
Photos by Charlie Kinross.
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"As Idamante’s love interests, Kathyrn Radcliffe’s strong soprano makes light work of Ilia and though Elettra might lose the man, Olivia Cranwell wins the audience with her wild, wonderful performance."
- Bridget Davies in @theage