TEATRU TAL-OPRA AURORA,
VICTORIA, GOZO, MALTA
  /  Articles posted by Matthew Sultana

Those who live in the vicinity of the Teatru tal-Opra Aurora would have noticed our flag flying half mast for a number of days. Being a band club, half-mast flags are common as they signal the passing away of supporters or club members. But for the past week, the Aurora Opera House has also been sporting the black

Teatru tal-Opra Aurora has just announced the opening of the online seat sale of Giuseppe Verdi's La Forza del Destino, set to return to Gozo on 11th October 2025. The last Forza the island has seen, was also hosted at the Aurora, in 2007. Staple as ever, Colin Attard takes the platform in the pit, conducting the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra and

For hundreds of years, opera has maintained an elevated and revered social status around the world. The genre itself brought about a culture of sumptuous and sophisticated opera houses worth visiting even if not for an actual theatre production. In turn, the ‘opera’ phenomenon grew from the core musical work of art to a social outing of prestige

The Madama Butterfly of 7 January 1977 in Gozo marked a historic event – the first of what was to become a genre in its own might – known to us today as Opera in Gozo, brought to us, in good part thanks to the Philharmonic Societies of Victoria. And as it celebrates its 160th anniversary (since 1863),

A charity collection run during the concert in aid of the European Parliament’s Generators of Hope campaign for the Ukrainian population raised €1,360. Upon completion of his work, Paul Stellini announced that he will auction his work to add to that amount.