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Responding to criticism on social media about the casting decisions, OA replied: 'We're committed to colourblind casting, and we don't cast any role based on ethnicity or skin colour.'ДЄ headshot of Australian soprano Julie Lea Goodwin, who has been cast as Maria. I come from an Italian background, that doesn't mean I should be the only person singing Italian opera.' 'It doesn't matter what their ethnicity is. 'It's about finding the best people who can sing and dance, who can deliver dialogue so that they can tell the story. 'I don't think it is a huge topic and in any case the Bernstein estate (the owner of production rights) approved this cast,' he said. OA artistic director Lyndon Terracini said it is about finding the best people for the $11 million production. Past productions of West Side Story in Australia have often featured white actors in pivotal Puerto Rican roles. (Дespite a growing chorus seeking greater racial diversity on our stages, not just in the performers but in the stories told, ethnically appropriate casting is not yet the industry norm. Opera Australia's artistic director Lyndon Terracini said it doesn't matter what ethnicity performers are. The role of Maria is one of the genre's few female Latin American characters and OA has cast Australian soprano Julie Lea Goodwin. In the West Side Story on Sydney Harbour, Puerto Rican-American Waldemar Quinones-Villanueva has been brought in to play gang leader Bernardo. The Opera Australia (OA) production on Sydney Harbour is opening this weekend, while a different OA touring production of the musical is currently being rehearsed. The musical is set in a gritty New York neighbourhood, where an American gang clashes with a group of Puerto Rican immigrants, spoiling the chance for two young lovers to have the life they want together. Media union diversity representative says lots of big musical theatre companies have a tendency to 'whitewash' lead roles.The artistic director says it is about finding the best people for the roles and ethnicity doesn't matter.Opera Australia has received criticism over its casting choices for West Side Story on Sydney Harbour.

As the lights go up on Opera Australia's production of West Side Story, the debate about racial casting has been reignited after the company's decision not to cast a Latin woman in the lead role.

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