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National Opera’s ‘Suor Angelica’ opens this week

Entertainment Nicholas Fuller - March 5, 2024

To mark the centenary of Giacomo Puccini’s death, National Opera will produce his one-act opera Suor Angelica this week.

National Opera stages English version of Donizetti’s Elixir

Entertainment Nicholas Fuller - May 9, 2023

This weekend, National Opera will serve Canberrans a favourite tipple, grown in Italy’s musical vineyards: Gaetano Donizetti’s Elixir of Love.

Handel’s opera Alcina will enchant Canberra audiences

Entertainment Nicholas Fuller - November 29, 2022

National Opera will present Alcina, Handel's 1735 spellbinding opera of magic and love, at the Llewellyn Hall next month.

Great music will lift the roof: National Opera’s Gala later this month

Entertainment Nicholas Fuller - August 15, 2022

National Opera’s Gala concert later this month will lift the roof with incredibly exciting singing of glorious music - and three divas.

Carmen singer says touring Australia is the dream job

Entertainment Nicholas Fuller - July 7, 2021

Despite the pandemic, Opera Australia (OA) mezzosoprano Angela Hogan says travelling Australia and performing Carmen is the dream job.

Opera Australia brings Carmen to Canberra

Entertainment Nicholas Fuller - July 6, 2021

Opera Australia brings its touring production of Bizet’s Carmen, one of the most popular works in the repertoire, to Canberra this week.

National Opera brings Mozart, music, and magic to Canberra

Entertainment Nicholas Fuller - June 20, 2021

National Opera will stage their third production, Mozart’s Magic Flute, at the Albert Hall, Canberra, on 27 June.

Canberra’s new National Opera has ‘ridden the storm’

Entertainment Nicholas Fuller - April 5, 2021

In the face of coronavirus, Canberra’s new-fledged National Opera has “ridden the storm” to bring world-class Australian singers to the ACT. The inaugural production of Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito opens next weekend.

‘Trouser roles’ are Catherine Carby’s forte

Entertainment Nicholas Fuller - April 4, 2021

Mezzo-soprano Catherine Carby has returned from the UK for the National Opera’s upcoming production of Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito in Canberra, 10-17 April.