This impromptu recital stops traffic, such as it is, on Sydney Harbour. Jaws drop and heads turn among a passing stream of live camels, tourists, production assistants pushing wagons of props for ...

His name is emblazoned on banners across Sydney for the glamorous Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour series, which ends tomorrow with the final performance of Verdi’s Aida off Mrs Macquarie’s Point. But ...

Opera Australia (OA) has announced that smash-hit musical West Side Story will return to the Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour stage in 2024, along with renewed partnerships with Dr Haruhisa Handa’s ...

Chinese director Chen Shi-Zheng takes on Puccini’s Orientalist fantasy for Opera Australia The key problem of Turandot is twofold: characters that are impossible to admire, behaving in ways that are ...

Opera Australia is bringing out the bling for potentially the glitziest Handa Opera on the Harbour yet. The singers of Verdi's Aida, set in turbulent times in ancient Egypt, will be wearing more than ...

Known internationally as one the world's great opera events, Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour returns in 2017 with one of the most well-known and loved operas of all time, Bizet's Carmen. Take a harbour ...

It used to be that cultural tourists and opera lovers had going to an outdoor performance at Verona’s Arena at the top of their bucket list. That doesn’t apply any longer. These days it is going to an ...

Paid content is paid for and controlled by an advertiser and produced by the Guardian Labs team. Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour offers unforgettable music and a spectacular backdrop, but there’s also ...

THE pregnant cigarette girl in Bizet’s Carmen has been perfectly cast for Handa Opera’s production of the much-loved opera on Sydney Harbour this year. Centennial Park mezzo soprano Daniella Ehrlich ...

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s global phenomenon, The Phantom of the Opera, returns to Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour in March 2026, kicking off its global 40th anniversary celebrations in spectacular style.

With construction cranes still hanging overhead, Opera Australia last night unveiled the set for its latest outdoor opera, complete with a massive, sharp-toothed, fire-breathing dragon. Its claws were ...