Opera Queensland has launched their 2017 season with a diverse array of formats, collaborations and locations – from Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art to the paddocks of Darling Downs. It’s this diversity of experiences, more than anything else, that binds the season together according to Artistic Director Lindy Hume – that, and a commitment to producing new work that sees all but one of the season’s offerings either brand new productions or world premieres.

For Hume, creating and fostering new work is vital. “I think it’s really important,” she told Limelight. “That’s a big change for us as a company – to develop new work and new productions – and it’s been fantastic for us because we’ve started to have collaborations on our work with New Zealand Opera and now Seattle Opera. It’s about the work we make here in Queensland being of a standard to go elsewhere as well – it’s not just for our audience, it’s for a broader audience.”

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The season opens with Sensory, a musical art-installation featuring a series of live performances amongst the Gallery of Modern Art’s gallery...