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Taking tea with an opera villain – Scott Wilde

The multi-talented and highly experienced bass may look formidable, but prefers to keep all the drama on the stage...

In a grimy kitchen set a bald headed man sits at a table stroking a cut throat razor, while a messy woman in an apron looks on. Sweeney Todd.
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Music theatre review: Sweeney Todd, Komische Oper Berlin, Schiller Theatre Berlin

Stephen Sondheim’s dark and juicy tale of dastardly baking and tragedy is relished by director Barrie Kosky.

Against a stark white wall, four actors from 'The Marriage of Figaro': Cody Quattlebaum, Hanna Hipp, Hubert Francis and Mary Bevan are huddled up close together.
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Opera review: The Marriage of Figaro, London Coliseum

The English National Opera sets Mozart’s classic opera buffa in a stark white box.

The London Symphony Orchestra with a singer in a violet gown.
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Opera review: La rondine, London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican Centre

Sensuous singing illuminates Puccini’s lesser-known and less flamboyant operetta.

The cast of 'The Pirates of Penzance' aboard a ship, with rigging.
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Opera review: The Pirates of Penzance, London Coliseum

'Take heart, fair days will shine' in this feel-good operetta.

In the production of 'M. Butterfly', a singer, Kangmin Justin Kim, is dressed in a red and white kimono. She is facing Mark Stone, who is wearing a white jacket suit.
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Opera review: M. Butterfly, The Barbican

The UK premiere performance of Huang Ruo’s modern opera receives a mixed reception.

A street scene in the production of 'La bohème'. In the foreground is a man on a bicycle carrying some white balloons. There are crowds of people around him. English National Opera production.
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Opera review: La bohème, London Coliseum

Jonathan Miller's acclaimed production of Puccini’s much loved opera returns to mark the centenary of the composer's death.

Career Advice

So you want my arts job: Chorus Master

Paul Fitzsimon has been Opera Australia’s Chorus Master since 2019. Here, he shares the secrets of his trade.