Five contemporary operas, a bigger Melbourne presence, more women conductors and directors – Jo Davies' inaugural season suggests a change of direction for OA.
Opera Australia assistant director for the La traviata season Warwick Doddrell was first bitten by the theatre bug in the 1990s watching the Essgee Entertainment productions of Gilbert & Sullivan show starring Jon English (The Pirates of Penzance (1994), The Mikado (1995) and H.M.S. Pinafore (1997). Once bitten, Doddrell went on to study film and…
The French opera La Juive about a Jewish woman and a Christian man opens at the Sydney Opera House tomorrow evening. Murray Dahm talks to its director Constantine Costi. Here is his report: Two days after speaking with soprano Natalie Aroyan, who takes on the role of Rachel in Opera Australia’s production of Fromental Halévy’s…