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Shéhérazade, M.41, Ravel
C: Nicolette Fraillon
Retrospective showcases Murphy’s extraordinary talent

As Australia’s most brilliant choreographer, we’ve always basked in the light Graeme Murphy casts, but this retrospective of some of his best works showcases beautifully the depth and range of his extraordinary talent.

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07 April 2018www.dailytelegraph.com.auSue Williams
Murphy's Lore

Murphy – the Australian Ballet’s tribute to choreographer Graeme Murphy, surely their brightest star – kicks off with a scene in bed.

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05 May 2018www.spectator.com.auClarissa Sebag-Montefiori
Così fan tutte, Mozart
D: Suzanne Chaundy
C: Greg Hocking
Cosi fan tutte

I knew this production was going to be different when things started happening in the overture.

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Pikovaya Dama, Tchaikovsky, P. I.
C: Vladimir Ashkenazy
REVIEW: QUEEN OF SPADES, TCHAIKOVSKY

Renowned conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy breaches the divide to the master in this concert version of the Tchaikovsky opera last enjoyed by Sydney audiences in the 1979 Australian Opera production.

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02 December 2012megaphoneoz.comBen Oxley
The Queen of Spades

Based on the success of this production, Sydney Symphony should try their hand at opera more frequently.

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07 December 2012www.artshub.com.auTomas Boot
Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Ullmann
D: Gert Reifahrt
C: Peter Tregear
Dido and Aeneas / The Emperor of Atlantis

Two short operatic chamber works written more than two centuries apart with contrasting musical languages couldn’t better have been brought together in a new double bill. At Friday evening’s opening night, Melbourne-based IOpera’s inspired and unexpected marriage of English Baroque composer Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (c. 1683) and Silesian-born, 20th century Austrian composer Viktor Ullmann’s The Emperor of Atlantis (1943) proved to be both a stimulating and entertaining experience.

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14 November 2022artsreview.com.auPaul Selar