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ELISION Ensemble: Axis Mundi

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
ELISION presents a major concert of new music followed by a special late night event delivering a second version of Bryn Harrison's Double Laybrinth after Richard Dunn. This unique and fragile realisation involves seven instrumentalists, and the magic of the cembalom! Hypnotic, gentle swirling lines of sound infuse rich timbre…
The Entrepreneur

Salut! Baroque: The Entrepreneur

Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest (Wesley Music Centre) 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT, Australia
Celebrity culture thrived during the baroque period and Georg Philipp Telemann was one of the stars! A prolific composer of over 3,000 compositions that demonstrated an uncanny sense of popular musical trends, Telemann was the most famous composer in Germany in his day. Being skilled on eleven instruments gave him…
Editor's Choice Journey to the Americas

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Journey to the Americas

Costa Hall, Geelong Deakin University, 1 Gheringhap St, Geelong, VIC, Australia
Peruvian conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya leads a program that opens with compatriot Jimmy López’s Fiesta! – commissioned for the Lima Philharmonic Society’s centenary in 2007. Joe Chindamo’s jazz-infused Concerto for Orchestra follows, after which German cellist Raphaela Gromes joins the MSO for Dvořák’s Cello Concerto. Completed in 1895, it expresses the Czech…
The Mikado

Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Victoria: The Mikado

The Alexander Theatre 48 Exhibition Walk, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
The Mikado is an enduringly popular comic opera with memorable music, endearing characters and some of the wittiest lyrical comedy in the English language. Featuring much loved songs such as “I’ve Got A Little List” (the better known title of “As Someday it May Happen”), “A Wand’ring Minstrel I”, “Three…
Atherton Tablelands Chamber Music Festival

Khalida de Ridder and Simon Thielke: Atherton Tablelands Chamber Music Festival

40 Grace Street 40 Grace Street, Herberton, QLD, Australia
Immerse yourself in nordic fantasy sounds, celebrating fantastic Scandinavian composers at the 2025 Atherton Tablelands Chamber Music Festival, where local and internationally based musicians unite to bring intimate performances to the heart of far north queensland. set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Herberton town hills, this three-day festival (july…
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Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra: Rachmaninov Rhapsody

Federation Concert Hall Hobart, TAS, Australia
Pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk joins the TSO for Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, describing it as the composer’s most advanced composition for piano and orchestra. “Honestly, I think it's even more interesting than his Third Piano Concerto,” he tells Limelight. Praising the TSO players’ enthusiasm and sincerity, he adds,…
The Old Maid and The Thief and The Telephone

Mopoke Theatre Productions: The Old Maid and The Thief and The Telephone

State Opera South Australia Studio 216 Marion Road, Netley, South Australia, Australia
Mopoke Theatre Productions is delighted to present a double bill of Menotti’s operas: The Telephone and The Old Maid and The Thief this July! From spicy gossip to mistaken identities, this double bill is sure to have you in hysterics! Featuring a cast of some of South Australia’s best operatic…
Editor's Choice Carmen

Opera Australia: Carmen

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Melbourne Theatre Company Artistic Director Anne-Louise Sarks helms a new production of Bizet’s classic that aims to be “a Carmen for our time”, asking “urgent questions about opera’s iconic femme fatale”. Given her insightful semi-staged take on Missy Mazzoli’s Breaking the Waves last year, she might just do it. An intriguing…
Puccini’s La Bohème

Opera Australia: Puccini’s La Bohème

Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
Experience the original bohemian love story. When Mimì meets Rodolfo, it’s love at first touch. They head out to bustling Café Momus, where the feisty Musetta and Marcello rekindle their relationship. But even the deepest love can’t warm a freezing winter. For our bohemians, everything is possible and the future…

Keys of Gold Classical Music Festival: Power and Grace

Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Maldon 50 High St, Maldon, VIC, Australia
Bendigo’s Keys of Gold Classical Music Festival is so called as the festival not only features keyboard instruments at every concert, but also features the rich heritage of glorious buildings, grand public spaces and elegant streetscapes all made possible through the discovery of gold in 1851. Inspired by the vision…

North Adelaide Baroque Hall: Martinů & more

North Adelaide Baroque Hall 104 Tynte St, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
Paula Custodio, flute Haowei Yang, pianoProgramme: Martinů - Sonata for Flute & Piano Suanoi Sophonpanich - A Sketch of the Phunakhan River
Editor's Choice Journey to the Americas

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Journey to the Americas

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Peruvian conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya leads a program that opens with compatriot Jimmy López’s Fiesta! – commissioned for the Lima Philharmonic Society’s centenary in 2007. Joe Chindamo’s jazz-infused Concerto for Orchestra follows, after which German cellist Raphaela Gromes joins the MSO for Dvořák’s Cello Concerto. Completed in 1895, it expresses the Czech…

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