2010
August
Victorian Opera seeks Artistic Director
The Board is seeking expressions of interest for the position of Artistic Director whose appointment will take effect in 2013.
Victorian Opera announces 2012 to be Richard Gill's final season
Victorian Opera Chairman Michael Roux announced today the intention of Music Director Richard Gills to finish as full time Music Director at the end of the 2012 season.
July
Prize Winner from The Turn of the Screw Survey
Victorian Opera congratulates S. Breese of St Kilda East on winning a night at Sofitel Melbourne.
Position Vacant - Bookkeeper / Finance Assistant
Established in 2006 under the artistic leadership of Richard Gill, Victorian Opera is looking for an experienced bookkeeper / finance assistant with sound knowledge of MYOB and good communication skills. Part Time (0.6 FTE)
NOVA - New Opera Ventures Australia
Victorian Opera and Chamber Made Opera present NOVA - New Opera Ventures Australia Workshops - 9 - 14 August 2010
Reviews for Julius Caesar
Read reviews online for Julius Caesar from The Age and The Australian
Reviews for The Turn of the Screw
Read reviews online for The Turn of the Screw from The Age and The Australian
May
The most notorious anti-hero to storm a stage...
Eddie Perfect is The Knife; Victorian Opera 2009 Annual Report; Teaching Teachers to Teach Singing; Brundibar Award; The Harp Consort with Musica Viva; Australian National Academy of Music - The Musical Child; Melbourne Chamber Orchestra Birdsong; Support Fine Music in Melbourne on 3MBS
Education Up Front and Centre
In August and September 2010 Victorian Opera will present a series of vocal pedagogy workshops, led by singing teacher and former VCA Head of Voice, Anna Connolly. The workshops will examine the study and teaching of group and solo singing from the perspectives of both the teacher and the singer.
New Opera Finalists Announced
5 May 2010- Five works have been shortlisted for workshop in the brand new initiative New Opera Ventures Australia (NOVA), Victorian Opera and Chamber Made Opera's partnership to enable the creation and development of new Australian opera and music theatre.
Victorian Opera 2009 Annual Report Released
Victorians are passionate about their opera company; not only did audiences for mainstage and regional work increase by 46%, box office revenue grew by 39% and patronage by 29% from 2008. This support through box office and sponsorship enabled a net operating profit of $141,226 for 2009.
April
April E-News
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Victorian Opera Survey Winners
Victorian Opera congratulates the following winners of survey prizes.
March
Victorian Opera at the Green Room Awards
Victorian Opera is delighted to have received a Green Room Award for New Australian Opera for Rembrandt's Wife, and we congratulate Tobias Cole for his award for Male in a Leading Role for his performances of Xerxes, in Handel's Xerxes.
The Bear/Angélique Reviews
Read excerpts of reviews for The Bear/Angélique.
Cast change for Angelique
Due to illness Samuel Dundas has had to withdraw from the role of Boniface in the production of Angélique. Boniface will be sung by James Payne and Adam Murphy will perform the role.
Brundibar in Morundah nominated for Local Government Cultural Awards
Victorian Opera spent a weekend rehearsing and performing Brundibar in Morundah on invitation from the Morundah Bush Entertainment Committee.
Behind the scenes with The Bear and Angélique
Comic Delights open next week in the Playhouse - Watch The Bear/Angélique Video - Green Room Awards - The Damnation of Faust - Sing Your Own Gilbert and Sullivan - Win Tickets to Orchestra Victoria Concert with Richard Gill - ACO Ticket Giveaway - Opera in the Market - ANAM in 2010
February
Richard Gill Q&A with the Arts Centre
26 February 2010 - The Arts Centre spent a few minutes getting to know the Music Director, Richard Gill and discovered what motivates this inimitable and effervescent man behind the 'wand'.
The Damnation of Faust
26 February 2010 - Performed in concert at Hamer Hall, the Arts Centre on Friday 19 February. Click on the title to go to reviews.
Victorian Opera Green Room Award Nominations
16 February 2010 - Victorian Opera has been nominated for 17 awards in the Green Room Award nominations today.
Marguerite first in the year of the woman
4 February 2010 - Rehearsals commence for The Bear/Angelique - The Damnation of Faust 19 February - Victorian Youth Opera Auditions applications close - Nigel Kennedy and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - Two fantastic occasions in No35 at Sofitel Melbourne - Sustainable Living Festival
Victorian Opera Welcomes 2010
20 January 2010 - Happy New Year - Victorian Opera Online Videos - A Late Summer Nights dream - Your chance to hear the great Russian composers in February - Government House Open Day - 26 Jan
2009
August
New Opera Ventures Australia
ChamberMade and Victorian Opera announce a New Opera Ventures Australia (NOVA), a new program that aims to commission, workshop and produce new Australian opera and music-theatre. NOVA is calling for scores, concepts and submissions to be considered for inclusion in a series of workshops in 2010.
