The company’s latest annual report shows a huge spike in executive payments,and an overall loss for the year.
The news of Lyndon Terracini’s shock early departure from Opera Australia comes after a string of recent resignations at the troubled company.
With no staged operas set for 2023,Melbourne audiences can’t help feeling that the government-funded national opera company is playing favourites.
Outgoing Opera Australia artistic director Lyndon Terracini has claimed the company is in better shape than ever after two horror years.
No sooner has Opera Australia’s artistic director announced his departure from the national performing arts company than he has listed his Redfern home.
An internal survey of staff at Opera Australia found a third of employees believe bullying and harassment is an issue at the company.
Bullying claims have rocked Opera Australia’s Sydney Harbour production,with some cast members threatening not to perform over the treatment of one of the stars.
With a new CEO and the recruitment of a diversity manager,the company is looking at how they “think about opera for 21st century Australia”.
As arts companies grapple with huge financial losses and how to attract new audiences,one opera fan and his program highlighted the challenges the fine arts face.
Ernani plunged Verdi out of the shadows and became his first truly global tour-de-force.
Artistic director Lyndon Terracini says his is the first major opera company to use rapid antigen testing,which delivers results in 15 minutes.