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  • A blonde woman in black stands, hands placed together in front of her as if in prayer. She looks upset and pleading. A man in a blue jacket in one shirt can be seen in the background. Big Apple spin gives opera bite
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    Big Apple spin gives opera bite

    1 September 2023

    Freeze Frame Opera has done it again, delivering a wildly inventive take on a classic that deserves to be better known. Will Yeoman heads to Broadway. 

    Reading time • 4 minutesMusic
  • A man in a dark suit stands on a stage, flanked by four women in evening dress. All of them are holding microphones. In the background is a tent and some Christmas trees. This is Freeze Frame Opera's Christmas at the Quarry. A Christmas caper to cure the Grinch
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    A Christmas caper to cure the Grinch

    16 December 2022

    Outstanding young artists, a clever Hansel and Gretel and opera royalty are all part of an infectious mix in Freeze Frame Opera’s Christmas delight, writes Emma Jayakumar.

    Reading time • 6 minutesMusic
  • Jesse Chester-Browne and Amy Yarham in a scene from Freeze Frame Opera's 'Hansel and Gretel'. Two actors dressed in khaki and green scout/guides uniforms look at a gumball machine. The glass bowl of the machine is filled with bright glowing strands of light and it is topped with a miniature gingerbread house Classic fairytale gets a modern twist
    Kids

    Classic fairytale gets a modern twist

    9 May 2022

    Freeze Frame brings opera to a new generation with a light-hearted performance of an old favourite Hansel and Gretel, writes young writer Bethany Stopher

    Reading time • 5 minutesOpera
  • An outdoor stage with rock wall and trees behind. On the stage are four singers dressed in contemporary clothes. One actress is posing in front of a table while another crouches to record her on a phone Opera for today
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    Opera for today

    12 March 2022

    Freeze Frame Opera are the arts community’s first responders, says Rosalind Appleby. And they have done it again, with a production of La Boheme that couldn’t be more pertinent.

    Reading time • 7 minutesMusic
  • Pictured top: Brett Peart, Brigitte Heuser, Ava Charleson, Robert Hofmann, Ruth Burke in 'Angels & Devils'. Photo supplied A man in a nightgown sits on a bed, surrounded by a 4 other cast members Romantic thrills and spills
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    Romantic thrills and spills

    23 August 2021

    Freeze Frame Opera’s “Angels & Devils” presents unlikely opera repertoire in an unusual venue and Sandra Bowdler says it offers a night of good fun and great singing.

    Reading time • 6 minutesMusic
  • Penny Shaw and Robert Hofmann. Photo Mark Liao A man sings to the camera with a woman leaning against him Music theatre delight
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    Music theatre delight

    16 September 2019

    Robert Hofmann and Penny Shaw, ‘Au Naturel!’ ⋅
    13 September 2019, Kidogo, Fremantle ⋅
    Review by Sandra Bowdler ⋅

    Reading time • 3 minutesMusical Theatre
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