Production Team and Crew

A Digital Ring

Wagner’s Ring Cycle is considered the pinnacle of opera – an epic tale of gods, dwarves, dragons, heroes and a magic rin ...

The Tales of Hoffmann

Opera Australia is opening a brand-new production of The Tales of Hoffman - which is billed as Offenbach’s la ...

Setting the Stage

Award winning Director Nina Meehan explores the process of setting the stage for a production involving young people. When I spe ...

Directing Madama Butterfly

With a cast and crew of 214, a speedboat, two cars, fireworks and two cranes to rebuild the set during interval, Opera A ...

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest: An Australian Adaptation

In this Director’s Diary, Chris McRae explains how he got permission to substitut ...

Director’s Diary: Arsenic and Old Lace

When Adelaide Director Barry Hill staged the black comedy Arsenic and Old Lace with the Tea Tree Players, ...

Chorus! take centre stage

The chorus of a musical or opera is usually in the background - but Opera Australia is giving its ensemble a chance to sh ...

In The Doghouse

Please know, today was a good day, even though I don’t know what day it is anymore. It doesn’t matter apparently. Not u ...

I Want to be a (Young) Producer

In the second part of Debora Krizak’s series on unsung heroes of the stage, she speaks to producers making t ...

Into the Woods (& Floods) Director’s Diary

Director Kimberley Shaw thought she was out of the woods when Covid-19 restrictions eased in Perth dur ...