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Sydney Independent Opera celebrates the beginning of a new year of opera in Sydney with a glorious tribute to Giuseppe Verdi, marking the bicentenary of his birth in 1813. The great composer once wrote “…when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and…
Operantics, Sydney’s freshest young independent opera company invites you to its premiere production, Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte featuring the talents of aspiring young artists and one of Mozart’s most beautiful scores. Hilarious musical madness abounds in Mozart’s surprisingly modern comedy of love, betrayal and unconvincing disguises. Spoiled sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella are put to the test when…
Elf Dan from the North Pole has just been promoted to Number One Head Elf. Enter Elf Dan’s workshop with Conductor Sarah-Grace and The Metropolitan Orchestra (TMO) as he reads letters from special girls and boys to make their Christmas wishes come true. This brand new Christmas concert written by TMO’s Artistic Director Sarah-Grace Williams and…
The legendary Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt has embarked on a global Bach odyssey, touring the world with the composer’s complete solo keyboard works, and Australia is on her list of destinations. Sydney fans will be able to hear Angela Hewitt in May during her national tour for Musica Viva. Her vast recording catalogue spanning 20…
Presenting works by J. S. Bach, the Bourbaki Ensemble and their conductor David Angell will be joined by soprano Ayse Goknur Shanal, mezzo-soprano Jill Sullivan, flautist Christine Draeger and harpsichordist Diana Blom. The programme includes the arias ‘Laudamus Te’ ( B minor mass), ‘Erbarme dich’ ( St Matthew Passion), ‘Stirbt in mir’ (Kantate BWV 169)…
Sydney Chamber Opera (SCO) presents the modern classic The Lighthouse by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. The one-act opera with libretto by the composer, is his second and centres around three lighthouse keepers and the true story of the mysterious desertion of the Flannan Isles lighthouse in 1900. The opera opens with a prologue set…