Opera is stuck in a racist, sexist past, while many in the audience have moved on
- Written by Caitlin Vincent, Lecturer in Creative Industries, University of Melbourne
Cio-Cio-San (centre) during a dress rehearsal of Opera Australia's Madama Butterfly at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney in 2019. Works such as this are attracting criticism from some modern audiences.Stephen Saphore/AAPIn the first act of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s musical A Little Night Music, the long-suffering Countess Charlotte...
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