Victorian Opera

04/06/2026

Meet the cast of The Coronation of Poppea!

Drugs, guns and burning lust collide in Victorian Opera’s striking new production — a portrait of obsession and the ruthless pursuit of power.

Heat up this winter with a fiery night at the opera.

👑 The Coronation of Poppea
📅 30 June – 4 July
📍 Palais Theatre
🎟️ bit.ly/voPoppea

01/06/2026

Victorian Opera comes of age in 2026 and is celebrating its 21st Anniversary!

Join the festivities with a gift this tax time. Every dollar counts and enables us to continue sharing the joy of opera across Victoria and beyond. Cheers to you!

🎉 Make a Donation: bit.ly/VOCelebrate21Years

🎥 James Terry

30/05/2026

The curtain falls on The Magic Pudding: The Opera today and you've one chance left for a slice of Pud at Bunjil Place this afternoon!

Thank you to everyone across Melbourne who has already joined us for this dinky-di delight!

🐨 The Magic Pudding
📅 Saturday 30 May, 2:00pm
📍 Bunjil Place
🎟️ bit.ly/voMagicPudding

📸 Casey Horsfield

25/05/2026

Check out The Magic Pudding: The Opera on 9 News Melbourne 🎥🐨

Our much-loved production has charmed pudding lovers across Melbourne over the past few weeks. Don't miss your last chance for a slice of Pud at Bunjil Place this weekend!

🐨 The Magic Pudding
📅 Saturday 30 May, 2:00pm
📍 Bunjil Place
🎟️ bit.ly/voMagicPudding

24/05/2026

Wonderful to welcome 9 News Melbourne's Maddie Spark to take a closer look at The Magic Pudding: The Opera!

Don't miss your final chance to experience this charming production at Bunjil Place next weekend.

🐨 The Magic Pudding
📅 Saturday 30 May, 2:00pm
📍 Bunjil Place
🎟️ bit.ly/voMagicPudding

📸Casey Horsfield

22/05/2026

Our very own Bunyip Bluegum, Bailey Montgomerie, is joining JOY 94.9's Sunday Arts Magazine tomorrow afternoon to chat about The Magic Pudding: The Opera.

Tune in to hear about this charming family production and join us next weekend for our final tour stop at Bunjil Place!

📻 Listen live here: joy.org.au/

🐨 The Magic Pudding
📅 Touring until 30 May
📍 Bunjil Place
🎟️ bit.ly/voMagicPudding

22/05/2026

The Magic Pudding: The Opera is playing to a packed-out house at Darebin Arts Centre tonight. Be quick to snap up final seats!

Next weekend marks our final tour stop at Bunjil Place. Don't miss your last chances for a taste of Pud!

🐨 The Magic Pudding
📅 Touring until 30 May
📍 Darebin Arts Centre, Bunjil Place
🎟️ bit.ly/voMagicPudding

📸 Casey Horsfield

18/05/2026

"A musical treat that keeps on giving" — Classic Melbourne

🐨 The Magic Pudding
📅 Touring until 30 May
📍 Darebin Arts Centre, Bunjil Place
🎟️ bit.ly/voMagicPudding

Composer Calvin Bowman and librettist Anna Goldsworthy have taken Norman Lindsay’s iconic 100-year-old story about a magic pudding and turned it into a musical treat that keeps on giving. Commissioned in 2012 by Richard Mills, Victorian Opera’s Artistic Director at the time, it has all the ingre...

17/05/2026

It's a "cut and come again" opera!

Don't miss Victorian Opera's delightful family production of Norman Lindsay's classic.

🐨 The Magic Pudding
📅 Touring until 30 May
📍 Darebin Arts Centre, Bunjil Place
🎟️ bit.ly/voMagicPudding

Paul Selar takes a look at Victorian Opera's The Magic Pudding: The Opera - which was recently presented at The Round Nunawading, before it plays at Darebin Arts Centre (22 May) and Bunjil Place, Narre Warren (29 & 30 May).

15/05/2026

The Magic Pudding: The Opera hits the stage at The Round today!

Don't miss this dinky-di delight at 2pm this afternoon or at our next stops: Darebin Arts Centre and Bunjil Place.

🐨 The Magic Pudding
📅 Touring until 30 May
📍 The Round, Darebin Arts Centre, Bunjil Place
🎟️ bit.ly/voMagicPudding

📸 Casey Horsfield