Raise your glass, flutter those lashes. He’s staring at you, he’s singing for you… Are you tempted? Violetta is the life of every party. A courtesan with a heart of gold, she’s free and free-spirited. Could a little love change everything?

If you are under the age of 27 and aim to be on the operatic stage, this is your chance to perform at the finals with the Opera Australia Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Vladimir Fanshil.

Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour returns in 2021, with a spectacular re-staging of Verdi’s much-loved opera La Traviata

The official trailer for the upcoming Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour 2021; La Traviata

Unable to perform live while the country is in COVID-19 lock-down, Opera Australia has created another way to share their performances with opera fans, today launching OA | TV

An Ethiopian slave girl secretly in love with the commander of the Egyptian armies. As Egypt prepares to march on Ethiopia, Aida faces a terrible choice: to save her country, she must betray the man she loves…

A powerful lust meets an icy heart. In a land of executioners, riddles and fear, can love conquer death?

Carmen stamps her feet, tosses back her hair and draws you into her world. Men fall instantly under her spell, and once you’ve heard her sultry Habanera, you’ll fall for opera’s favourite femme fatale, too…

A candle sputters out in the Parisian night. Two hands meet in the dark and four friends’ lives are changed forever…

This is the story of a Japanese girl who marries a US naval officer while he is on shore leave. With their child she waits expectantly for his return

This tragic love story tells the tale of two young people whose happiness is destroyed by the hate of two enemy camps in New York City’s urban jungle…

Internationally recognised philanthropist and passionate opera lover, Dr Haruhisa Handa, Chairman of the International Foundation for Arts and Culture has been announced as