With the year drawing to a close, we look back over the operas that wowed our critics in 2019.

The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra, Pinchgut Opera, Four Winds and the Omega Ensemble are among the organisations chosen for funding by Arts Minister Don Harwin.

Six Australian compositions have been shortlisted for the prestigious Orchestral and Song Cycle prizes, which will be announced at this year’s Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address.

New songs by Brenda Gifford, a performance piece inspired by the life of experimental pianist Margaret Leng Tan and six new Australian operas are among the projects funded.

Though dramaturgically flawed, this adaptation of Peter Carey's beloved novel is full of daring and brilliance.

Australians make a strong case for Saariaho’s well-travelled oratorio, but can’t entirely overcome the work's curiously dissatisfying nature.

Director Imara Savage talks about the challenges of staging the Australian premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s strange, contradictory oratorio about the life of French philosopher and mystic Simone Weil.

Sydney Chamber Opera will premiere a new Australian opera based on Peter Carey’s novel Oscar and Lucinda as part of the Sydney venue’s 2019.

Frank Martin's rarely heard Mass and four new Australian compositions make for a refreshing concert.

The young, Perth-based composer will receive $1,500 in prize money and flights to Melbourne for the premiere of his winning composition.

This adaptation of Peter Carey’s novel is an uneven, sometimes laborious tragi-comic exploration of an adman’s existential crisis.

Damien Ricketson and Adena Jacobs' The Howling Girls is an immersive, dream-like exploration of trauma and voice.

Director Adena Jacobs talks about her latest project for Sydney Chamber Opera and the haunting story of trauma from which it grew.

Brand new work from Sydney Chamber Opera among the highlights of the venue’s 2018 season.