Paul Selar takes a look at BK Opera's Tristan and Isolde - currently playing at the Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre.

This October, BK Opera will present Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde. Directed by the award-winning Kate Millett calls it the “Mount Everest of opera” – choosing the monumental work as the summit ...

Review by Greg GortonBK Opera’s rendition of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde is an enthusiastic production that takes risks other companies rather take, while maintaining the core elements that make for ...

Modest in his demeanor but remarkably enduring, the American-born, Swedish conductor continually fell in love with music, ...

Celebrating twenty-five independently funded years and over sixty productions, Melbourne’s busiest opera company is announcing its full 2027 season. Greg ...

By 1912 nobody knew what to expect from Richard Strauss. The operatic late-starter with two turkeys had proceeded to create ...

It isn’t necessary to care about any of this to have a nice time at the Lohengrin thermal baths, a short drive from Bayreuth, the Bavarian town where the Wagner festival has been held almost every ...

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Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894) is a composer whose name is rarely heard today outside of his rhapsody "España," and he is not ...

Celebrating twenty-five independently funded years and over sixty productions, Melbourne Opera has announced its 2027 season.

Soprano Seo Sunyoung, winner of the 2011 Tchaikovsky Competition, will perform Wagner’s “Wesendonck Lieder” at a subscription ...

The national opera company is returning to its traditional Melbourne home for the first time in more than four years, with a gala performance of Wagner. Opera Australia last performed at the State ...