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Schlocky horror show is long on spectacle and short on drama

Our reviewers give their verdict on the latest shows around town.

  • Peter McCallum, John Shand, James Jennings, Harriet Cunningham and Joyce Morgan

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The ensemble is unequivocally outstanding in Brett Dean’s Hamlet at Sydney Opera House.

Eloquent and beguiling: Operatic Hamlet is a triumph

Our critics deliver verdicts on the latest shows around town.

  • Millie Muroi, Cassie Tongue, Shamim Razavi, Harriet Cunningham and John Shand
Opera Queensland and Circa perform Dido and Aeneas dress rehearsal Playhouse Theatre QPAC

Sublime, erotic, dangerous: Dido and Aeneas is 80 minutes of baroque astonishment

Physical feats match vocal brilliance in this powerful staging of Purcell’s tragedy by Opera Queensland with the help of the acrobats of Circa.

  • Nick Dent
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Backstage with Opera Australia’s Il Trittico

Backstage with Opera Australia’s brand new production of Puccini’s Il Trittico, ahead of its world premiere at the Sydney Opera House.

Diego Torre, playing the role of Cavaradossi, and Karah Son, playing the role of Tosca.

Stellar performances (almost) make up for soulless venue: Tosca

Opera Australia staging of Puccini’s opera at Margaret Court Arena mostly paid off, plus New Zealand jazz pianist Jonathan Crayford hits Melbourne.

  • Bridget Davies and Jessica Nicholas
Soprano Nina Korbe has ancestry in the region where the Festival of Outback Opera takes place.

Watching opera among the dinosaurs could be the most Australian thing I’ve ever done

High on a prehistoric plateau in Queensland, this festival provokes questions about culture, community and being Australian in 2024.

  • Nick Dent
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Samantha Clarke as Violetta Valéry and the Opera Australia Chorus. Photo Credit

Opera Australia has found for itself a triumphant ‘new’ La Traviata

This much-loved Verdi classic becomes a deeper psychological journey in the hands of director Sarah Giles.

  • Peter McCallum
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Sixteen hours in this operatic ‘multiverse’ is a five-star experience

Wagner’s Ring Cycle is often described as the Olympics of opera. This stunning, high-tech version takes it to another level.

  • Peter McCallum
Jenny McKechnie and Nick Brown of Cable Ties perform at the Lansdowne.

Local act shows Aussie women are doing punk better than the blokes

Reviews of all the best shows in Sydney this week, including Cable Ties, Murder for Two at Hayes Theatre, The Weekend at Belvoir and La Gioconda in Concert.

  • Joyce Morgan, Peter McCallum, Vaanie Krishnan and Shamim Razavi
Thandi Phoenix’s high-energy music filled the small Landsdowne band room.

Get across this singer before her star power has her playing ever-bigger rooms

A wrap of the week’s live reviews, including Mr Bailey’s Minder, Constellations, Mad Scenes with Jessica Pratt, ACO’s Dvorak’s Serenade and Thandi Phoenix.

  • John Shand, Peter McCallum and James Jennings

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