Cash-Strapped Opera Australia Singing for Its Supper

Carmen (mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges) rejects the advances of Don Jose (tenor Charles Castronovo) in the Lyric Opera’s production of “Carmen.” Todd Rosenberg

Australia’s largest performing arts organisation has posted another loss as it struggles with hesitant audiences and cost blowouts.

Opera Australia recorded an operating loss of $447,878 (US$298,018) for the 2022 financial year, an improvement on the record $22.6 million loss it notched up for 2020/21 when the pandemic forced it to cancel most performances.