In an Oedipal Opera, Londoners Chant, Curse and Brawl LONDON — Oedipus is wearing a bright red tracksuit. His parents, brandishing beer bottles, are off to the pub to watch a football match.

In the 80-minute opera, Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex” is moved to the trash-strewn streets of a contemporary London troubled by the plagues of unemployment, poverty, police brutality and consumerism.

The Concert Hall at the Sydney Opera House radiated warmth and intimacy as Lucinda Williams graced the stage for an unforgettable evening titled Don’t Tell Anybody The Secrets. This performance was a ...

The purported chant was used by supporters of Israel to conflate all opposition to Zionist war crimes with antisemitism. But two months on, there is no evidence the chant was made.

While asserting that the truth about the Opera House chants made no difference, the Labor government has been advised that the phrase “gas the Jews” could lead to a prosecution under 93Z of ...

NSW Police have been provided with testimony from witnesses who heard protesters chant “gas the Jews” at an ugly Opera House protest in October, contradicting claims the anti-Semitic phrase ...

From ‘La traviata’ to ‘Nabucco’, we explore the greatest works by the man who wrote some of the world’s greatest operas, 18th-century Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi.

The feeling of fall may be starting to seep into the air, but Opera House Arts (OHA) reports events aren’t slowing down at ...

A crowd gathered outside the Opera House, chanting “f**ck the Jews”. Neil Mitchell says the Hamas-Israel war is “revealing an awful undercurrent in this country, which we just can’t tolerate”. Press ...