Reviews

On all levels this is production of Jacques Offenbach’s comic operetta Orpheus in the Underworld is must see production.  If you are into operetta – see it.  If you are only opera-curious – see it!  If you are into musicals – see it!  If you are into satirical risqué comedy – see it!  If you are into spectacular costumes and colour and special effects and great singing and toe tapping melodic music and excellent acting and belly laughs and pure joyous entertainment – see it.  Have I said ‘see it’ e

What word describes an experience that leaves you elated, humble, and awed by prodigious talent? I want Stupendous, but critics bestowed that on Joan Sutherland.

Vaslav Nijinsky was to ballet what Mozart was to music: a child prodigy; accomplished creator in his field; and his brilliant career was cut short (in Nijinski’s case by the onset of mental illness). In parallel with Mozart, Nijinsky earned international star status as both dancer and choreographer.

This hour long performance and discussion is something I will never forget. Sayonara is a fascinating cultural exchange and perplexing investigation of the potential of robot androids. And for this Melbourne can be very thankful to the Kenneth Myer Theatre Endowment Fund.

Innumerable curtain calls and a thunderous standing ovation for Australian conductor Simone Young marked the opening night concert performance of Wagner’s Das Reingold, the innaugural production of Queensland Performing Arts Centre’s Hamburg Season.