Opera Australia today announced its 2025 program that will include three Melbourne premieres and mark the Company’s operatic debut in the Regent Theatre.
The 2025 Melbourne program sees OA’s return to a traditional theatre setting to present three fully staged yet diverse operas that includes a brand-new production of Bizet’s Carmen directed by Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC) Artistic Director Anne-Louise Sarks, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, and Gluck’s Orpheus & Eurydice.
Additionally, building on the success of this year’s Puccini Gala, audiences will be treated to a
similarly staged Verdi Gala in Hamer Hall featuring Nicole Car and Étienne Dupuis.
For musical lovers, the Tony and Grammy Award-winning smash hit Hadestown will have its Melbourne premiere at Her Majesty’s Theatre in May. Taking Broadway and the West End by storm, winning eight Tony Awards including Best Musical and described by the Guardian UK as “Big, beautiful and emotionally blasting,” Hadestown has now been seen by three million people and streamed by more than 350 million.
Opera Australia has also announced its free, outdoor concert BMW Opera for All will return for a third year to Fed Square providing opera lovers, and those curious to experience opera, an opportunity to attend a live performance.
Explore the season with Opera Australia’s digital brochure opera.org.au/events/season-2025
Single tickets on sale from 29 October 2024 at www.opera.org.au
