• Geelong Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven and The Enchanted Flute

    Two of Beethoven’s symphonies continues the GSO’s cycle of presenting all nine of the composer’s masterpieces. Guest soloist Sally Walker will premiere a new Flute concerto by young Australian composer Alex Turley. A fitting end to the 2025 Series of the Geelong Symphony Orchestra.
    Melodies of the Vast Minority

    Tarab Ensemble: Melodies of the Vast Minority

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    In time of division and fear, we are the vast minority that do not make it to everyday news. Unveiling the treasures of the music of the Arab world, 'Melodies of The Vast Minority' is a 70-minute concert of a variety of Arabic music styles as an artistic response to…
    Editor's Choice Songs from the Uproar – The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt

    Lyric Opera of Melbourne: Songs from the Uproar – The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt

    fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Melbourne’s intrepid Lyric Opera presents the Australian premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s Song from the Uproar. Set to a libretto by Royce Vavrek, the chamber opera tells the story of Isabelle Eberhardt, a Swiss-Algerian explorer, writer and mystic. Born in 1877, Eberhardt travelled to North Africa where she lived an adventurous, defiant…

    The Marais Project: Baroque & Beyond

    The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre 30 Eton St, Sutherland, NSW, Australia
    Take a fascinating musical trip across the globe – without leaving home – as The Marais Project presents songs and instrumental music from England, France, Italy, Germany, and Sweden. The programme features music by well know giants of the baroque era such as Bach, Monteverdi, and Purcell, alongside works by…
    Penelope – a song cycle by Sarah Kirkland Snider

    Abbotsford Convent: Penelope

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    Melbourne’s Alta Collective will premiere a world-first choral arrangement of Sarah Kirkland Snider’s acclaimed song cycle Penelope this October, bringing new theatricality and emotional depth to the modern reimagining of Homer’s epic. A soldier returns after twenty years away in an unnamed war. But neither he nor his wife are…

    Muses Trio: 10 Years

    Church Street Studios, Camperdown 62-68 Church St,, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
    Muses Trio presents an exquisite selection of music from their latest album 10 Years, celebrating their first decade together. Since their debut in 2013, the Muses have committed to bringing women composers, their works and personal stories into the spotlight. 10 Years celebrates over a decade of the trio’s advocacy…

    Australia Ensemble: Concert 4

    Sir John Clancy Auditorium, UNSW 9 High St, Kensington, NSW, Australia
    Blown away by a performance of Mozart’s Gran partita, the 36-year old Dvořák was inspired to write one his own most joyful and extrovert works, the Serenade, Op.44, performed in this concert by the Ensemble with guest artists from Melbourne. It is pure Dvořák, with reference to Czech dances and…

    Sydney Opera House: Heartfire

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Hourglass Ensemble proudly premieres The Fire Always Says Yes, a powerful new song cycle by composer Anna Hirst Friedman in collaboration with poet Jessica Chapnik Kahn. This bold work explores the story of the human heart, traversing the inevitable process of facing ourselves through birth, love, death, and transformation. Set within a striking musical…
    Editor's Choice Il trovatore

    West Australian Opera: Il trovatore

    His Majesty's Theatre, Perth Perth, WA, Australia
    Elke Neidhardt’s classic staging of Verdi’s opera comes to Perth. The plot – involving sibling rivalry, mixed-up babies and vengeful mothers – may have more twists and turns than a gypsy’s fandango, but it boasts a back-to-back run of opera’s greatest hits, from the Anvil Chorus to the tenor’s heroic Di quella pira. Asher…
    Editor's Choice Roméo et Juliette

    State Opera South Australia: Roméo et Juliette

    Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Gounod’s operatic take on Shakespeare’s tale gets a new staging in this co-production by SOSA, West Australian Opera and Irish National Opera. The French composer sticks pretty close to the play with a sparkling score that includes Juliette’s famous waltz song, Ah! Je veux vivre, four love duets and a…
    Melodies of the Vast Minority

    Tarab Ensemble: Melodies of the Vast Minority

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    In time of division and fear, we are the vast minority that do not make it to everyday news. Unveiling the treasures of the music of the Arab world, 'Melodies of The Vast Minority' is a 70-minute concert of a variety of Arabic music styles as an artistic response to…