Freeze Frame Opera has done it again, delivering a wildly inventive take on a classic that deserves to be better known. Will Yeoman heads to Broadway.
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What to SEE
Make August a month to remember
27 July 2023
Is winter over yet? If you can’t beat the weather, just ignore it and stay indoors. Our August gig guide is full of good reasons to do just that.
Reviews
A tower of fun and high notes
29 May 2023
This modern spin on a classic fairytale is an entertaining way to introduce children to opera, writes junior reviewer Saskia Haluszkiewicz.
Features
From Rossini to Rapunzel, with love
23 May 2023
A popular fairytale gets a snip and a makeover in a fun-loving opera for children. It’s just one of the reasons the multi-talented Penny Shaw loves telling stories through music, writes Julie Hosking.
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.
Reviews
The implausible made possible
14 June 2021
A duet for cats, death by avalanche, dying while singing – the cast from Freeze Frame Opera’s “The Impossibles” deliver implausible operatic moments with gusto, says Sandra Bowdler.
Podcasts
Talking opera with Penny Shaw
17 February 2021
After 20 years of singing with the West Australian Opera, Penny Shaw is finally allowed to talk! The soprano is the MC for the City of Perth Opera in the Park this year and in this entertaining podcast she chats to Rosalind Appleby about life as an opera diva hosting gala events.
Reviews
A beautiful but chilling return to live opera
23 October 2020
The West Australian Opera has returned to the stage with a stellar local cast but Rosalind Appleby says the beauty doesn’t mask the darkness in ‘Cosi fan tutte’.
Reviews
Witty winter antidote
20 July 2020
Opera divas get vicious as Government House Ballroom reopens its doors. Sandra Bowdler relishes this opera parody by DivaLicious.
Reviews
High art is high entertainment
3 February 2020
Bourby Webster says nothing’s sacred in the clever DivaLicious show, Defying Gravity! – and it’s hilariously entertaining.
