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- Melita Pereira
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's Three Great Romantics concert opened with the Overture from Carl Maria Von Weber’s romantic opera, Oberon.
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- Penelope Broadbent
Interplay does not ask the audience to come on a journey but rather pulls them with magnetic force – across the orchestra pit, onto the stage and deep within their own imaginations.
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- Penelope Broadbent
Ninety is full of the brutal truths that can be spoken only between those who have once been lovers and have nothing more to lose.
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- Olympia Bowman-Derrick
Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman is a tempestuous tale based on the legend of a Dutchman who is condemned to sail the stormy seas until he finds a faithful woman who will love him until death.
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- Olympia Bowman-Derrick
From the seemingly simple, if not a little sinister, idea of a half-bat, half-boy, Farley and Flemming created a story set in the small town of Hope Falls.
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- Vito Mattarelli
Like The Pajama Game, Damn Yankees is a show that churns out memorable musical numbers and holds up extremely well for audiences (the original Australian production celebrated its 50th anniversary this year).
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- Olympia Bowman-Derrick
The Victorian Opera Company seems to have stolen Dr Dulcamara's recipe – and found the elixir that hits the spot with opera lovers!
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