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Seduction, sacrifice and side-splitting satire. Enjoy a night at the opera.
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Reviews
Last night at the opera: Rigoletto on Saturday 4 August. Photos by Rhiannon Hopley. https://opera.org.au/last-night #operaaustralia
Want to keep your kids entertained this weekend? Here's how to spark some creativity.
See how these sketches by Set & Costume designer, Jennie Tate, were transformed into costumes for the stage. Our touring company performs Madame Butterfly tonight at Capitol Theatre Tamworth (NSW). http://bit.ly/2mZ9opx #oaontour
Hacienda Sydney at the Pullman Quay Grand have created a cocktail for Rigoletto which is just like the opera itself: glitzy, glamorous, and a little seductive. Treat yourself to this special drink before or after seeing Rigoletto at the Sydney Opera House. http://bit.ly/2KfcQFK
Rigoletto culminates in a terrifying storm scene. The lower strings rumble ominously, the darting wind instruments depict lightning, the male Chorus hum offstage — the vivid sound of howling winds.
But there's something else offstage: A THUNDER DRUM!
We use a custom-built drum for the sounds of thunder. At 60 inches, It's so big that it doesn't fit through the doors of the orchestra pit and can only be used from backstage!
... The idea for the drum came from our Principal Percussionist, Shaun Trubiano, and conductor, Christian Badea. It was built by Dave Egan in conjunction with Optimum Percussion.
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The use of digital technology has huge implications for the very processes that make opera what it is. The Conversation takes a look at opera's digital future: http://bit.ly/2voaT4w
Last night at the opera: Rigoletto on Thursday 2 August. Photo by Clare Hawley. https://opera.org.au/last-night #operaaustralia
Verdi was a progressive thinker who didn't believe in the supernatural. He wasn't superstitious and believed that a curse is only a matter of perception. Tahu Matheson, Head of Music at Opera Australia, explains everything you need to know about the music in Rigoletto in less than five minutes.
Last night at the opera: Aida on Wednesday 1 August. Photo by Rhiannon Hopley. https://opera.org.au/last-night #operaaustralia
Rigoletto is one of the great hunchbacks in history and he is in good company. From Shakespeare to Hugo to Verdi to Disney, hunchbacks were a source of endless fascination in arts and literature of the past centuries. http://bit.ly/2KFYi2R
We're at Fine Music 102.5 with Amber Wagner, Soprano to talk to Michael Morton-Evans about Aida.
🎧 Listen in now: http://bit.ly/2v6tW42
Verdi composed Aida for the opening of a new opera house in Cairo, but due to unforeseen circumstances, Aida's first outing was two years later. Despite the delay, it was a resounding success. Verdi himself directed the premiere in Milan where the audience called him back to the stage thirty-two times with thunderous applause. http://bit.ly/2OndkNr
You may know Rigoletto's most famous tune 'La donna è mobile', but there is so much more to the music. Get to know the music of Verdi's Rigoletto in our listening guide (but if you don't want to know how it ends, don't click, there are spoilers ahead). http://bit.ly/2M05MP3
ABC Arts goes behind the screens and explores the digital set of our new production of Aida.
Did you know that Verdi wrote most of the score for Rigoletto in less than 6 weeks? He knew he had a hit on his hands, and only gave the music to the tenor a few days before opening. http://bit.ly/2JZ6L03
Costumes that appear larger than life! Take a look at our costume gallery and see how how Costume Designer Gianluca Falaschi brings them from the first sketches to the stage. http://bit.ly/2LUYnAC
Last night at the opera: Aida on Saturday 28 July. Photo by Rhiannon Hopley. https://opera.org.au/last-night #operaaustralia
Last night at the opera: Lucia di Lammermoor on Friday 27 July. Photos by Clare Hawley. https://opera.org.au/last-night #operaaustralia
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