CANBERRA’S (and Bungendore’s) most enduring musical satirists, Shortis and Simpson, are marking 25 years of mocking our great and good by staging two fundraiser concerts for the Cobargo Community Bushfire Recovery Fund.
THE secret is out — Canberra-raised opera star Lorina Gore will perform the lead role in Puccini’s “La Rondine” for the inaugural production of the newly-launched Canberra company, National Opera.
OPERA Australia’s revival of British director David McVicar’s sumptuous production of “Don Giovanni” is first and foremost, under the baton of Chinese maestro Xu Zhong, a feast of exquisite music.
Director of Lakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Tim Sekuless is working to make the world’s most famous fairy play credible for Canberra audiences.