Apr 13, 2021 | Opera News
Written by: Michael Shmith, Opera Magazine. An almost year-long live-opera hiatus came to an end with a new production of Das Rheingold from the everenterprising MELBOURNE OPERA (February 3). There was certainly much to relish in this welcome emergence from the Covid...
Apr 13, 2021 | Opera News
Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard International Melbourne Digital Concert Hall (MDCH) is the brainchild of co-directors Chris Howlett and Adele Schonhardt and has been ‘created by musicians, for musicians, to support our fragile industry and connect communities everywhere...
Dec 24, 2020 | Opera News
Melbourne Opera is pleased to announce that the Federal Government has recognised the significance of its embarking on Wagner’s Ring Cycle by supporting Das Rheingold in the first round of RISE grants. These grants are particularly geared towards arts projects which...
Nov 24, 2020 | Features, Opera News
Everyone knows the arts have been hit hard by the pandemic, says leading philanthropist Maureen Wheeler. And we need to help.”It’s a bit like a natural disaster,” she says. “You don’t see the wreckage, but you do feel the loss. It’s...
Nov 20, 2020 | Features, Opera News
Melbourne Opera is announcing the end of the world – in 2023. The company is to climb opera’s Everest: Wagner’s Ring cycle. It starts February 2021 with Das Rheingold, the 160-minute bite-sized kickoff for the epic story of gods, giants and the curse of love. And it...
