• 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…
    Orchestral Adventures

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Orchestral Adventures

    Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre 258 Alfred Street, Mackay, QLD, Australia
    Embark on a musical adventure with Queensland Symphony Orchestra! Throughout this concert students will be taken on a journey to discover musical heroes, witness epic battles and follow important quests, all while learning about the different characters within the Orchestra. The concert is supported by tailored learning resources which will…
    Orchestral Adventures

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Orchestral Adventures

    Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre 258 Alfred Street, Mackay, QLD, Australia
    Embark on a musical adventure with Queensland Symphony Orchestra! Throughout this concert students will be taken on a journey to discover musical heroes, witness epic battles and follow important quests, all while learning about the different characters within the Orchestra. The concert is supported by tailored learning resources which will…
    Beethoven’s World

    Australian National Academy of Music: Immortal Beloved

    The Good Shepherd Chapel 1 St Heliers St,, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    In the final concert of the Beethoven's World series, ANAM musicians delve into Beethoven's heart and his yearning for an intimate connection. This longing, poignantly captured in his 1812 letter to the mysterious 'Immortal Beloved', reflects a love that remained unfulfilled, likely aimed at the unattainable Antonie Brentano. This concert features…
    Beethoven’s Eighth

    Australian Haydn Ensemble: Beethoven’s Eighth

    Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia 30 Parkes Pl E, Parkes, ACT, Australia
    Ah, those summer nights in Eastern Europe, 1812. A week after Napoleon invades Russia, Ludwig van Beethoven almost certainly says “Yes, tonight Josephine” to the love of his life, the unhappily married and recently jilted but socially impossible match, Countess Jozefina Brunszvik. Three days later he pours forth - with…
    Symphony Under the Stars

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Northern Lights & Southern Stars

    Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre 258 Alfred Street, Mackay, QLD, Australia
    QSO under the baton of conductor Sam Weller, along with the smooth baritone of The Voice finalist and Opera star Jake Lyle, invites you to experience the power and beauty of a full symphony orchestra as the Queensland Symphony Orchestra returns to Mackay for the first time in over a…
    Editor's Choice

    Penrith Conservatorium of Music: Chopin – A Stranger In Paris

    Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
    Following a recital in Adelaide on 26 October, French-British pianist Emmanuel Despax joins the Richard Bonynge Ensemble to explore themes of exile, memory and identity. From Chopin’s shimmering Berceuse to the Sonata No. 2 and a rare chamber arrangement of his Piano Concerto No. 1, this is the portrait of…
    Mountain

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Mountain

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    After more than a decade of producing films, the ACO premiered Mountain in 2017 as one of its boldest explorations of music and nature. Only three centuries ago, the idea scarcely existed that wild landscapes might hold any sort of attraction. Mountains were places of peril, not beauty. An upper world…

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Bach to Bach

    His Majesty's Theatre, Perth Perth, WA, Australia
    Shaun Lee-Chen, acclaimed Concertmaster of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, leads WASO in this celebration of the family Bach. Heinrich Bach’s charming Sonata in F sets the stage for this showcase of Baroque elegance before WASO Acting Principal Oboe, Liz Chee, joins Lee-Chen to perform J.S. Bach’s vibrant Concerto for Violin…
    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…