• Editor's Choice The Barber of Seville

    Opera Australia: The Barber of Seville

    Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Elijah Moshinsky’s delightful OA production of Rossini’s comedy has stayed the test of time. Now, it’s back in Melbourne with Orchestra Victoria conducted by Tahu Matheson. Shanul Sharma and John Longmuir divvy up the role of the hot-to-trot Count Almaviva who employs a series of disguises plus the wily barber…

    Emanuel Synagogue: Custodians of the Sky

    Emanuel Synagogue 7 Ocean St, Woollahra, NSW, Australia
    Custodians of the Sky is a new Australian work by composer Luke Styles that invites audiences to journey among the heavens and the earth, exploring our shared imaginings of the universe through the power of music and poetry. At Emanuel Synagogue, this production takes on special resonance. Honouring the Jewish…

    Australian National Academy of Music: Beleura 5: Matinee

    Beleura House & Garden PO Box 1198, Mornington, VIC, Australia
    Beleura House and Garden, a stunning 19th-century house on the Mornington Peninsula, is renowned for its breathtaking gardens and custom-built performance space. Here, ANAM brings you an exceptional chamber music experience, featuring both ANAM musicians and faculty members. After the concert, enjoy a delightful afternoon tea, included in your ticket…
    Opera for the Dead

    OzAsia Festival: Opera for the Dead

    Odeon Theatre, Norwood 57a Queen St, Norwood, SA, Australia
    A contemporary Chinese cyber-opera that reimagines the connection between life and death. Inspired by Chinese mourning rituals, Opera for the Dead 祭歌 is an immersive, multi-artform performance combining live musicians and singers with electronic processing, mobile stages, ambisonic sound, and 3D animation. Move freely through the shifting performance space as…

    Collins Street Baptist Church: Twilight Harmony

    Collins St Baptist Church 170 Collins St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Twilight Harmony features classical works by Australian and Ukrainian classical composers. The concert will feature two premieres of Australian works, including The Crossing Machine performing Stuart Greenbaum's new string quartet "Midnight", in reference to a Ukrainian folk song. Original works by Michael Nurse (piano trio) and Jonathan Xian (piano) will…

    Moonbird Festival: Welcome Party and Opening Concert

    King Island Hub 38 Lighthouse Street, Currie, Tasmania, Australia
    The 2025 Moonbird Festival opens with a stunning program for string quartet and guitar, featuring award winning Australian guitarist Andrew Blanch, recently returned from a sold out concert tour of the USA. Two evocative Australian guitar quintets, Anne Cawrse’s Imperfect Fourths and Iain Grandage’s Black Dogs, frame this program that…
    Elastic Hearts

    HOTA: Elastic Hearts

    HOTA 135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise, QLD, Australia
    Step into a powerful new dance experience with Elastic Hearts — a bold fusion of contemporary ballet and the chart-topping music of pop icon Sia, brought to life with a cinematic score specially recorded by Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Choreographed and directed by Garry Stewart, the visually stunning production is a…
    Beethoven’s Eighth

    Australian Haydn Ensemble: Beethoven’s Eighth

    Glasshouse, Port Macquarie Corner of Clarence and Hay Streets, Port Macquarie, NSW, 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…
    Cottis conducts The Planets

    Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Cottis conducts The Planets

    Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Pl, Canberra, ACT, Australia
    LOGOS is a ‘musical Big Bang’, beginning with the breath and building to a dramatic orchestral climax. Expansive and layered, this beguiling work by Danish–Australian composer Benjamin de Murashkin reflects the order of mathematics and the mystery of the sublime, drawing inspiration from Tibetan music created to keep dark spiritual forces at bay.…
    Pandaemonium

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Pandaemonium

    Studio Underground 178 William St, Perth, WA, Australia
    Explore the exhilarating diversity of music by six of Australia’s most creative composers, led by one of the most exciting young conductors in the country. Works by Lachlan Skipworth, Olivia Davies and Melody Eötvös will be accompanied by evocative moving images. Jordan Moore and Stephen de Filippo will unleash powerful,…
    Opera for the Dead

    OzAsia Festival: Opera for the Dead

    Odeon Theatre, Norwood 57a Queen St, Norwood, SA, Australia
    A contemporary Chinese cyber-opera that reimagines the connection between life and death. Inspired by Chinese mourning rituals, Opera for the Dead 祭歌 is an immersive, multi-artform performance combining live musicians and singers with electronic processing, mobile stages, ambisonic sound, and 3D animation. Move freely through the shifting performance space as…
    Editor's Choice Wundig wer Wilura in Concert

    West Australian Opera: Wundig wer Wilura in Concert

    Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre 2 Blair Street, Bunbury, WA, Australia
    Wundig wer Wilura is a Noongar language opera by Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse that tells a tale of star-crossed lovers from the Dreaming. Wundig, a handsome hunter from the Hills people, is smitten with Wilura, a beautiful young woman from the Grass people. But true love doesn’t go according to…