Asher Fisch is one of the world’s finest Wagner conductors, and he leads an all-star cast including celebrated British baritone Christopher Maltman as the Dutchman, Daniel Sumegi as Daland, and acclaimed soprano Anna-Louise Cole as the devoted Senta.

The Flying Dutchman

The University of Western Australia

Thank you for attending SECRET OPERA, presented by West Australian Opera in association with Perth Festival.

We hope you enjoyed stepping into the unknown and sharing in an experience of music, drama and mystery.

Now, it’s time to go behind the curtain.

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Secret Opera 2026

West Australian Opera comes to Geraldton and Carnamah with a gala concert featuring opera favourites and beloved musical highlights. Audiences will be treated to the artistry of five outstanding singers, accompanied by piano, in a program that showcases the passion, drama and beauty of opera.

This is a unique opportunity for local audiences to experience WA’s state opera company performing in the region, bringing world-class music to the heart of the community.

Opera in the Regions

The Exchange Carnamah

Queens Park Theatre

World Singing Day is a global celebration of the joy of singing, uniting people everywhere through the international language of music.

Join West Australian Opera for a special day at RAC Arena with uplifting performances on the Crown Community Stage at the Telethon Family Festival. Everyone is welcome to this FREE event in the City of Perth!

WAO stars and friends will share a mix of well-known opera and contemporary tunes, before the morning culminates in a big community sing-along of “You’re the Voice”.

We invite you to be part of this memorable celebration of music and community.

World Singing Day

RAC Arena

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

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.

Celebrate great music in an unmissable morning of beautiful singing to warm your heart and stir your soul, performed by West Australian Opera's extraordinarily talented Wesfarmers Arts Young Artists.

Morning Melodies at MANPAC

Mandurah Boardwalk

Hear your favourite opera classics in concert performed by West Australian Opera’s talented Young Artists. Don’t miss a morning of romantic melodies to warm your heart and stir your soul.

Morning Melodies

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.

Dido & Aeneas

Government House, Western Australia

Shakespeare’s tragic tale of love and family conflict has echoed through the centuries and in Gounod’s opera the drama becomes even more intimate, more fragile, more achingly human. Roméo Montague and Juliette Capulet fall deeply in love, but their families are bitter enemies, fate is cruel, and time is short.

Ruth Burke

Events

Upcoming events

15 - 24 Oct, 2026

Roméo et Juliette · West Australian Opera

Past events

8 - 9 May, 2026

The Flying Dutchman · West Australian Opera

Feb 14 - Mar 1, 2026

Secret Opera 2026 · West Australian Opera

Future and recently performed repertoire

Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly by Puccini

West Australian Opera

Mary in The Flying Dutchman by Wagner

West Australian Opera

Stéphano in Roméo et Juliette by Gounod

West Australian Opera

Second Woman / Second Witch in Dido and Aeneas by Purcell

West Australian Opera

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