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Untangling the chaos of Lewis Carroll
Ahead of our upcoming production Boojum!, writer Susie Harris spoke to Director Stuart Maunder AM to explore the darkness at the heart of the Wonderland mastermind.
The Big Christmas Sing: Meet your ensemble
Every year, we kick off the festive season in Ballarat by uniting some of Victoria's best young artists with community voices in song.
From Katya to Dorian Gray: Meet Katya Kabanova’s live camera operator
Ben Sheen was the Assistant Director and Camera Operator for Victorian Opera’s hit production of Katya Kabanova. Here, he describes the process of melding theatre and cinema.
Katya Kabanova: 4 questions with Director Heather Fairbairn
Director Heather Fairbairn is at the helm of our upcoming production of Leoš Janáček's Katya Kabanova. Here, she describes her cinematic approach to the opera and the composer's hauntingly beautiful score.
The intensity and unrequited love affair of composer Leoš Janáček
Ahead of our performances of Katya Kabanova, writer Ben Minarelli spoke to conductor and Janáček specialist Alexander Briger about the enduring legacy of the composer, and the difficulties in bringing Katya to the Australian stage.
Music with ‘nowhere to hide’: soprano Katherine Allen on performing Mozart
Abduction — our recent adaptation of Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio — saw Australian performers dive into some of the most challenging arias ever composed.
From lover to prisoner, tenor Douglas Kelly has startling range
Douglas Kelly’s upcoming recital in Ballarat, A Poet’s Guide to Love and Loss, celebrates the works of Schumann, Barber and Butterworth. But the tenor’s range extends well beyond classical music.
Abduction: Mozart’s opera was made for ‘superhuman’ voices
Victorian Opera's Abduction will premiere in August at the Palais Theatre. In this article, Conductor Chad Kelly delves into the music's complexity and "vocal fireworks" that were tailor-made for only the most talented singers.
Abduction: How Mozart’s pioneering sex comedy made opera history
Director Constantine Consti is at the helm of Victorian Opera’s contemporary take of The Abduction from the Seraglio. He looks back at the history of Mozart’s masterpiece.
From Lady Gaga to Saltburn: the inspirations behind Abduction’s designs
As we prepare to premiere our new mainstage production, Abduction, at the Palais Theatre in August, we interviewed Matilda Woodroofe and Nathan Burmeister about their playful, sensual designs.
Aunt Jane: An Austen descendent on why her novels are still relevant
Ahead of our final performances of Jonathan Dove’s Mansfield Park, we speak to Jane Austen’s fifth great niece Caroline Jane Knight about her aunt’s immense, enduring legacy, and the literacy initiative she created in Jane’s name.
