Opera Queensland’s 2019 season opens with the Queensland premiere of A Flowering Tree
Inspired by Mozart’s The Magic Flute, A Flowering Tree explores themes of magic, metamorphosis and the healing power of deep and selfless love; a majestic retelling of a traditional southern Indian folk tale, sung in English and Spanish.
The opera recounts the story of Kumudha, a beautiful, young peasant woman with the magical ability to transform herself into a tree covered in exquisite flowers.
A Prince sees Kamudha’s transformation and infatuated by her beauty and magic ...
Opera Queensland invite one & all to “Sing Sing Sing”
Led by popular Queensland baritone and teacher extraordinaire Jason Barry-Smith, SING SING SING is an opportunity for singers to join in hearty renditions of familiar tunes and toast their temporary stardom with a complimentary bevvy.
All attendees need to bring along is a sense of fun and a willingness to let rip as they sing along to some of the great moments of opera.
For those with more musical experience, optional sheet music and added harmony parts are available. Dress code will ...
Check out the fearless new look and 2019 season for Opera Queensland!
With a vision to lead a change in opera, while continuing to enrich the lives of their diverse audience, Opera Queensland’s Season 2019 offers a fearless line up of works, including A Flowering Tree, Tosca, Orpheus and Eurydice and Verdi Requiem, a collaboration with Bleach* Festival - celebrating the classics and bringing to life new works.
In his first season as Artistic Director of Opera Queensland, Patrick Nolan presents three main stage productions, along with regional and school ...
Opera Queensland to open the gates of hell with trilling new production of Don Giovanni!
Although penned more than 200 years ago, Hume said Don Giovanni strikes a brutally relevant chord in 2018 with sexual misconduct at the forefront of the world’s collective consciousness.
“Don Giovanni ranks alongside Carmen as one of opera’s most iconic, sexually-charged characters, and there's an expectation from audiences to see this sensuality revealed in all its intensity,” Ms Hume said.
“But for me it is also about an addictive, abusive, entitled personality. You cannot ...
