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Reviews
Menacing Otello takes total control
21 July 2023
Opening in a blaze of sound and fury, Otello unleashes an emotional rollercoaster. Will Yeoman urges you to jump on board.
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Fisch’s big gamble richly rewarding
27 May 2023
The orchestra is huge and so is the music. Bourby Webster revels in the masterful direction of two of opera’s greatest composers and welcomes the next generation to the stage.
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Opera stars in the outfield
26 February 2023
With world-class performances and a stunning if unusual setting, WA Opera’s Carmen should help find the genre new audiences, writes Bourby Webster.
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Reviews
A star is born in Parisian salon
27 October 2022
West Australian Opera’s production of La Traviata is faultless, with an outstanding local cast led by a mega-star in the making, writes Bourby Webster.
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Plea for peace as powerful as ever
21 August 2022
A fine association between WASO and guests demonstrates that the chilling message in Britten’s War Requiem is as pertinent as when it was composed, writes Penny Shaw.
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Reviews
Passionate Tosca heralds new approach
17 July 2022
It’s hard to say which element steals the show in WA Opera’s Tosca, writes Bourby Webster – the set is breathtaking, the singing sublime, and the WA Symphony Orchestra under Rebecca Lang world-class.
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Reviews
Opera for today
12 March 2022
Freeze Frame Opera are the arts community’s first responders, says Rosalind Appleby. And they have done it again, with a production of La Boheme that couldn’t be more pertinent.
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Reviews
Everyday tales of love and murder
21 July 2021
Love, lust, betrayal and murder are all a part of “everyday life” in this highly successful double bill, writes Leon Levy.
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