One of the world’s best-loved, most-performed operas returns to His Majesty’s Theatre for the first time in a decade.

Puccini’s beautiful and powerful opera shatters the hearts of its audience with its devastating story of betrayal set against the backdrop of 1904 Nagasaki, Japan.

The American, Lieutenant Pinkerton, marries young geisha Cio-Cio-San, and she believes his love is true. After Pinkerton returns to the United States, she bears a son and waits faithfully for his return. What follows remains one of opera’s most tragic stories.

Madama Butterfly

His Majesty's Theatre

Hurrah for The Pirate King! Gilbert and Sullivan’s uproariously silly operetta The Pirates of Penzance storms the stage of His Majesty’s Theatre for a romp across the high seas and to the Motherland.

Bursting with much-loved music, the score will leave you grinning with classics including ‘I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General’, ‘Poor Wandering One’ and ‘I am the Pirate King’.

The Pirates of Penzance

Hurrah for The Pirate King! Gilbert and Sullivan’s uproariously silly operetta The Pirates of Penzance storms the stage of His Majesty’s Theatre for a timeless romp across the high seas and to the Motherland.

Bursting with much-loved music, the score will leave you grinning through the classics including ‘I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General’, ‘Poor Wandering One’ and ‘I am the Pirate King’.

In this enchanting opera, Rusalka shimmers with magic and transformation before the final echoes of tragedy.

Rusalka

The devastating heartache of Purcell’s beautiful 1689 masterpiece fills Government House Ballroom at an exclusive evening of dinner and performance. Dido, the Queen of Carthage, and Aeneas, the Trojan Prince, are torn apart when witches hatch an evil plan to destroy them. Known for its exquisitely tender aria Dido’s Lament, this moving opera is filled with joy and sorrow set to pierce your heart and will transport you to another time and place.

Christopher van Tuinen

Events

Past events

Jul 26 - Aug 9, 2025

Madama Butterfly · West Australian Opera

Mar 28 - Apr 5, 2025

The Pirates of Penzance · West Australian Opera

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Rusalka by Dvořák

West Australian Opera

Conductor in Madama Butterfly by Puccini

West Australian Opera

Conductor in The Pirates of Penzance by Sullivan

West Australian Opera

Conductor in Dido and Aeneas by Purcell

West Australian Opera

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