Palace Opera & Ballet
Adelaide’s exclusive home of The Royal Opera House, La Scala & Opéra de Paris
Since 2009, Palace Opera & Ballet has proudly given Australian arts-lovers a prime seat for the best of what’s on stage at Europe’s finest opera houses, filmed live on stage and screening at Palace Nova Cinemas only weeks later! Discover works from Europe’s finest companies: London’s The Royal Opera House; Milan’s La Scala, the most famous opera house in the world and Opera National de Paris, founded more than three centuries ago by Louis XIV.
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Screening direct from Rome. Australian director Simon Stone stages Boito’s riveting Italian retelling of Goethe’s Faustian legend, conducted by maestro Michele Mariotti.
Screening direct from London. Asmik Grigorian sings the title role alongside Joshua Guerrero in Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier’s poignant production of Puccini's tragedy.
Screening direct from Paris. Rudolf Nureyev’s spectacular ballet, inspired but Petipa and set to Minkus’ spirited score, is no less than a festival of dance!
Screening direct from London. Liam Scarlett's glorious production of classical ballet's most powerful tale of love, treachery and forgiveness returns to Covent Garden.
Screening direct from London. Brilliant mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina performs the title role in Damiano Michieletto's sizzling new staging of Bizet’s popular opera
Screening direct from Paris. This new performance of Frederick Ashton’s virtuoso, ever-popular rendition of Dauberval's 18th Century classic will carry you away.
Screening direct from Paris. Massenet’s charming, resonant final opera returns to the Paris Opera, with Christian Van Horn in the title role.
Direct from London. Jonas Kaufmann headlines a new performance of David McVicar’s spectacular staging Giordano’s epic historical drama, conducted by Antonio Pappano.