Melbourne will also see the new production of The Pearlfishers and Luisa Miller. Opera Australia previously staged My Fair Lady in 2008 (below) starring Taryn Fiebig and Reg Livermore.Įdwards’ La Bohème will return to Melbourne for the first time since its premiere in 2011. The 60 th anniversary production of My Fair Lady, directed by none other than original Broadway Eliza Doolittle, Dame Julie Andrews, is sure to garner world attention. Joined by local designer Dan Potra, Shi-Zheng is set to create a sensational outdoor production. In a special event for the 60 th anniversary year, 1995 opera The Eighth Wonder, which tells the dramatic story of the creation of Sydney Opera House, will be performed on the Forecourt, with the House itself as the backdrop.Ĭhen Shi-Zheng, the director of 2016 Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour Turandot, has a unique background of Chinese Opera in Beijing and western theatre in New York. Sir David McVicar will complete his Mozart/Da Ponte trilogy with whimsical romantic comedy Così fan tutte.

A co-production will Opéra de Lausanne will bring rarely performed Verdi opera Luisa Miller to Australia. Michael Gow will direct a new production of The Pearlfishers, and John Bell will direct a new staging of Carmen. Two acclaimed Australian storytellers will helm new productions. Francesca Zambello’s 2005 production of The Love for Three Oranges will be revived, as will Moffat Oxenbould’s 2000 staging of Simon Boccanegra. Sydney operagoers will have their chance to see new, multi-Helpmann Award-winning Australian opera The Rabbits.Įlijah Moshinsky’s much-praised 1920s version of The Barber of Seville returns to Sydney. Sydney’s year of opera begins with recent oft-seen productions La Bohème, directed by Gale Edwards, The Magic Flute, based on the Met Opera production by Julie Taymor. Celebrating their 60 th anniversary year, Opera Australia presents a range of mainstage operas and special events, while continuing to take opera to regional centres.

Met opera schedule april 2016