Co-Opera

07/06/2026

HIGHLIGHTS OF ITALIAN OPERA
With highly successful performances in our season of Gounod’s Faust completed, now is the time to book for Co-Opera’s season of Community Concerts in June.
With six performances in the Southern Vales, Alexandrina, Central Adelaide Hills and Adelaide Plains, you can enjoy the best of Italian repertoire including large scena from La Boheme and favourites from Tosca, and La Traviata . Book for these highly affordable events [$28/$25] and immerse yourself in Italian lyrical beauty presented by Co-Opera’s finest……………Grace Bawden, Lynette Harris, David Visentin and Andrew Turner, with a special treat of Verdi/Bellini "bel canto"clarinet playing by Jacki Hatcher. E Lucevan Le Stelle [from Tosca] with clarinet obligato is stunning!
PERFORMANCES
Saturday 20 June 3 00pm Port Elliot RSL Hall
Sunday 21 June 7 00pm Osborne Community Centre
Wednesday 24 June 11 00am Echunga Memorial Institute
Friday 26 June 7 00pm McLaren Vale Bocce Club
Saturday 27 June 7 00pm Payneham Fogolar Furlan Club
[$60 includes anti-pasto and pasta dishes]
Sunday 28 June 3 00pm Holdfast Bay Comm Cent [Hove]
BOOKINGS www.co-opera.com.au
ENQUIRIES 0409 695 952 or [email protected]

Brian Chatterton OAM
Artistic Director

Formed in 1990, Co-Opera is Australia's busiest and oldest touring opera company.

26/05/2026

Stage is set for Act 1 of Faust.....last 4 performances of the season: Goolwa [Wed], Willunga [Fri], Hove [Sat] and Osborne [Sun].
Don't miss the magnificent singing of Robert Macfarlane, Livia Brash, Eugene Raggio, Jeremy Tatchell and many others in Nicholas Cannon's and James Nicholson's wonderful production. Or come along solely to hear Sachiko Hidaka's amazing pianism at the Emma Hack painted instrument.
BOOKINGS: www.co-opera.com.au
ENQUIRIES: 0409 695 952 or [email protected]

21/05/2026

The season has now begun.....don’t miss this wonderful production of Gounod's Faust. Co-Opera has never been prouder to bring a production to life. A large contingent of artists is involved, led by Nicholas Cannon [Director], James Nicholson [Designer] Sachiko Hidaka [Pianist], Robert Macfarlane [Faust], Livia Brash [Margeurite], Eugene Raggio [Mephistopheles] and Jeremy Tatchell [Valentin] all of whom have worked and played with Co-Opera over many years.
Book for a performance near you.
FAUST PERFORMANCES
22 May 6pm Echunga BYO cabaret style
23 May 6pm Hackney cabaret style catered
24 May 3pm Hackney cabaret style catered
27 May 6pm Goolwa theatre style [No BYO]
29 May 6pm Willunga BYO cabaret style
30 May 6pm Holdfast Bay [Hove] BYO cabaret style
31 May 6pm Osborne BYO cabaret style

BOOKINGS www.co-opera.com.au
ENQUIRIES 0409 695 952 or [email protected]
[photos: Henry Rischbieth]

05/05/2026

Co-Opera's season of Gounod's FAUST runs from 20 - 31 May and will be coming near you with performances in Fleurieu, Alexandrina, Gawler/Barossa, Adelaide Hills, Port Adelaide, Holdfast Bay and Central Adelaide.
Most performances in cabaret style, BYO or catered.
BOOKINGS: www.co-opera.com.au
ENQUIRIES: 0409 695 952 or [email protected]

08/04/2026

NEXT WEDNESDAY
The first of our six COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER CONCERTS in April.
To view the piano recently painted by celebrated artist, Emma Hack, come to one of our Community Fundraiser Concerts in April.
Co-Opera's top artists present two programs in the Adelaide Hills, Fleurieu, Alexandrina and the Adelaide Plains.
Joanna McWaters, Catriona Barr, James Nicholson, and Andrew Turner will offer operetta and opera favourites on:
Wed 15 April 7 30pm at Echunga Memorial Institute
Sat 18 April 7 30pm at Strathalbyn Anglican Church
Fri 24 April 7 30pm at Willunga Show Hall
AND
Jessica Mills, Samantha Rubenhold, Deborah Johnson and James Scott will sing their hearts out with Classical and Romantic repertoire on:
Sun 19 April 3 00pm at Goolwa Centenary Hall
Mon 20 April 7 30pm at Unley Sporting Car Club
Wed 22 April 11 00am at Aldgate Village Well Church of Christ

FUN FUNDRAISING with raffles, quizzes etc. [Bring small change!!]

ALL tickets are $28/$25

For bookings and further information about our “extra affordable”
COMMUNITY CONCERTS visit: www.co-opera.com.au

Brian Chatterton OAM
Artistic Director
[email protected]
+61 409 695 952

16/12/2025

BOOKINGS FOR CO-OPERA’S 2026 PERFORMANCES NOW OPEN.
Scheduled in May, July and October, patrons have available the supreme masterpiece of Charles Gounod, an exciting American Double Bill and Carl Maria von Weber’s wonderful classic of German Romanticism.
Nicholas Cannon’s production of GOUNOD’S FAUST will be headlined by Adelaide-born tenor with ever-expanding international profile, Robert Macfarlane, who will sing the title role. He will be joined by experienced Co-Opera professional, Livia Brash [as Margeurite] whose own profile is now truly national in stature, and a host of first rate South Australian professional singers.
The AMERICAN DOUBLE BILL, conceived and produced by Co-Opera pioneer, Deborah Johnson, will feature a wonderful team of Adelaide artists by way of works by two American composers, Samuel Barber [A Hand of Bridge] and Gian Carlo Menotti [The Medium]. This is the team that brought you the comic hit, Sullivan’s The Zoo, just two weeks ago.
DER FREISCHŰTZ by WEBER is incredibly popular in Germany but, curiously, infrequently performed in Australia. When you hear the passionate Romantic idiom, you will wonder why. Livia and Robbie will again combine to give Macintyre Howie-Reeves’ production irresistible vocal and dramatic beauty.
Generous EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTS are available now. Most performances will be in BYO cabaret style [which helps keep prices down] but we are excited to present Faust and Der Freischütz in a [to us] new Adelaide venue at Observatory 23 on Hackney Road, where generous grazing platters will be included in the ticket price. Adelaide Plains patrons will also find what a marvellous venue for intimate operatic experiences can be found in heritage-listed Ayers House where the American Double Bill will be presented.
BOOKINGS: www.co-opera.com.au
ENQUIRIES: 0409 695 952 or [email protected]

Brian Chatterton OAM
Artistic Director