When was the last time an operetta promised to merge satire, burlesque flair, and an endearing sense of optimism into one ...

When Claus Guth’s new Royal Opera staging of Janáček’s opera Jenůfa emerged from the delays of the lockdown in 2021, it had a mixed reception. Taking away reference to the local ...

It was nicely appropriate that one of the ovations on first night should be for conductor Jakub Hrusa, who was making his maiden appearance as the new music director of the Royal Opera House.

Sydney house prices edged lower in the December quarter as the property market caught up with high interest rates and the financial pressures buyers have been facing. A modest drop of $1300 (0.1 ...

Guth’s symbolic, psychologically probing production seems more potent than ever with Hrusa at the helm. The musical directorship of the Royal Opera is, on this showing, in safe hands.

the impact he gets from the house orchestra is seared on the memory. The composer's first great score has its problems in a not always clear orchestration – later he went for extremes, which pose ...

This revival of Janáček’s earliest operatic masterpiece marks the first occasion on which Jakub Hrůša has conducted the Royal Opera following the announcement of his appointment as Antonio ...

Talking about her house aesthetic, she stated, “I needed every room to serve multiple purposes. My aesthetic is pretty neutral, white, and bright, but we still needed to make sure that I could ...

Costi is the director and co-librettist of Siegfried & Roy: The Unauthorised Opera, on now at Sydney Festival ... expect in operatic characters and aesthetic: outrageous, beautiful costumes ...

Think of it as a fusion of musical theatre’s pizazz and operatic tragedy coupled with the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Created by Luke Di Somma (composer, librettist and conductor) and ...

Nine beaches in Sydney, including well-known Manly beach, were closed to bathers on Tuesday after small white and grey balls of debris washed up on the shores at the height of the summer holiday ...

The next instalment in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series is Oslo Opera House, a Snøhetta-designed project that pioneered the concept of architecture as landscape.