Lyric Opera of Melbourne

The Lyric Opera of Melbourne is a multi-award-winning independent chamber opera company committed to enriching the operatic repertoire through producing lesser-known works. Over the last 3 years, we have focused on producing new productions of works by Australian composers to great acclaim that featured a host of emerging opera performers and creatives. Lyric is focused on the invigoration of opera for the 21st century; this includes bringing new and highly creative practitioners into the realisation of our projects.

Lyric often performs in venues of the scale of Theatre Works and fortyfivedownstairs featuring Independent-theatre-scale works with similar budgets where all creative team members are remunerated. Lyric's Artistic Direction is led by conductor Patrick Burns, and supported by an Artistic Subcommittee of industry professionals.