Lola Montez: First Look Premiere

Name: Lola Montez: First Look Premiere
Start: 2027-11-10
End: 2027-11-14
Location: Union Theatre

When: Wednesday 10 November 2027 – Sunday 14 November 20271h 30m, no interval
Where: Union Theatre · Arts and Cultural Building The University of Melbourne 15 Monash Road, Parkville VIC 3010

Be among the first to discover a new Australian opera in this first-look premiere, presented with Victorian Opera.

Scandalous, ambitious and endlessly fascinating, Lola Montez was one of the 19th century’s most celebrated courtesans and performers. Based on her unbelievable true story, trace the master of reinvention’s transformation from Irish lass Eliza James to Spanish dancer Lola Montez as she courted kings and controversies across Europe and in the goldfields of Ballarat and Bendigo.

Acclaimed soprano Nina Korbe ( The Drover's Wife ) embodies the legendary showgirl in a new opera by composer Joe Chindamo and writer Peter Tregear, presented in a stripped-back first look directed by Stuart Maunder and conducted by Phoebe Briggs.