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The Abduction from the Seraglio

Lyster Opera: The Abduction from the Seraglio

St Martins Youth Arts Centre 28 St Martins Lane, South Yarra, VIC, Australia
Lyster Opera returns to the Irene Mitchell Studio in this rousing new production of Mozart's great comedy, The Abduction from the Seraglio. Featuring a vibrant cast and all new sets and costumes, this is a fast paced romp with some of Mozart's most demanding and exciting music.
Fantasia

Melbourne Chamber Choir: Fantasia

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Youthful brilliance and solemn beauty. At the heart of this program is a new violin concerto by one of Australia’s most respected composers, Richard Mills, who has conceived the work with MCO Artistic Director Sophie Rowell as the soloist. Described as an “oarsman, musician and scholar”, Frederick Septimus Kelly wrote…

Heidelberg Choral Society: Schubertiade – Celebrating Franz Schubert

The Centre Ivanhoe 275 Upper Heidelberg Rd, Ivanhoe, VIC, Australia
In his short life of 31 years, Franz Peter Schubert’s music was limited to a relatively small circle of admirers in Vienna. Today, Schubert is considered one of the greatest composers in the history of Western classical music, and you can join with the Heidelberg Choral Society to hear a…

Camberwell Chorale: Music for the Theatre

Hawthorn Arts Centre Burwood Road, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia
Direct from four successful concerts in China, Camberwell Chorale will present the fifth and final performance of Music for the Theatre, an eclectic and exciting program with selections from Phantom of the Opera, The Beatles in Revue, well-known choruses and arias from the operas of Verdi and Puccini, and Sir…
Sundays by the Lake

Ensemble Q: Death & The Maiden

University of Queensland St Lucia, QLD, Australia
The extraordinary string quartet no 14 in D minor by Schubert is possibly the most important and most loved string quartet in history. It’s paired with French composer Lili Boulanger’s exquisite D’un soir triste and D’un matin de printemps for Piano Trio.

Canberra International Music Festival: Finlandia – Festival Finale

Snow Concert Hall 40 Monaro Crescent, Red Hill, ACT, Australia
Anchored by the beloved hymn Finlandia and featuring a debut collaboration with an ensemble of powerhouse, Australian-based Finnish musicians, this program promises to captivate audiences with its scale and artistic depth. Featuring over 200 voices from local choirs and community singers, it celebrates Finnish-Australian relations in a unique, participatory event. Audiences can…
Editor's Choice Manon

The Australian Ballet: Manon

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s masterpiece makes a welcome return after more than a decade. Originally created for The Royal Ballet in 1974, it came to our shores 20 years later, thrilling audiences with its sumptuous retelling of Abbé Prévost’s 1731 novel. Prepare to be moved by Manon’s doomed love affair with…
The Art Of

Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra: The Art Of

The Empire Theatres, Toowoomba 54-56 Neil Street, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
An inspiring and refreshing collaboration between QPAC’s Art of the Possible artist, the ARIA award-winning pianist, Paul Grabowsky AO, together with Camerata This concert brings QPAC’s Art of the Possible artist, the inimitable pianist, Paul Grabowsky AO, together with Camerata in a program that celebrates tradition and reimagines it. Hear…

The University of Melbourne: Draevon – Between Light and Darkness

Ian Potter Southbank Centre 43 Sturt Street, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Transfigured String Trio presents Russian composer Alfred Schnitkke’s extraordinary dark and compelling string trio in its original format composed in 1985 just prior to him suffering a severe stroke that led into a coma. After being declared clinically dead on several occasions, he went on to survive and continued composing…
Editor's Choice Manon

The Australian Ballet: Manon

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s masterpiece makes a welcome return after more than a decade. Originally created for The Royal Ballet in 1974, it came to our shores 20 years later, thrilling audiences with its sumptuous retelling of Abbé Prévost’s 1731 novel. Prepare to be moved by Manon’s doomed love affair with…
fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival

fortyfivedownstairs: Egmont / Prometheus

fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
An incredibly ambitious opening night program performed by Coady Green, Ian Munro, Justin Kenealy, Paul English, Antoinette Halloran, and the Divisi Chamber Singers. Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus Opus 43, for piano four hands (arr. Carl Czerny) Coady Green, Ian Munro Beethoven: Egmont Opus 84, for narrator, two…

Australian Chamber Orchestra: An Evening with the ACO Collective Quartet

The Art House 19-21 Margaret Street, Wyong, NSW, Australia
Featuring classical masterworks by Bach, Beethoven and Dvořák, alongside contemporary works by Philip Glass and Caroline Shaw, interspersed with delightfully informative introductions to the music. Acclaimed for the energy and dynamism of their performances, the ACO Collective Quartet is made up of graduates from the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s renowned Emerging…

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