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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…

Musica Viva Australia: Entre Amis

The Concourse, Chatswood 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, NSW, Australia
Oboist Diana Doherty, singer Julie Oguey, percussionist Mark Robinson and bassist Jaan Pallandi, get together to present ‘Entre Amis’, a playful selection of classical and not-quite classical music from star performers.

North Adelaide Baroque Hall: J.S. Bach, S.L. Weiss & more

North Adelaide Baroque Hall 104 Tynte St, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
Rupert Boyd, guitar Programme: J. H. Kapsberger - Toccata Arpeggiata C. Dozza - Estudo No. 1 S.L. Weiss - Dresden Suite No. 1 L. Brouwer - Estudios Sencillos I-XI A. Barrios - La Catedral - Interval - J.S. Bach - Suite in E, BWV 1006a I. Albéniz - Cataluña &…
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…
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…
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…
The 17th Stradbroke Chamber Music Festival

Stradbroke Chamber Music Festival: The 17th Stradbroke Chamber Music Festival

Point Lookout Community Hall 84 East Coast Road, Point Lookout, QLD, Australia
North Stradbroke Island is a unique setting for those who like to combine their chamber music with additional activities such as whale-watching, bush-walking and nature photography. Six concerts spread over three days provide a festival program that includes contemporary and canonical works by Australian and international composers - Brahms, Copland,…
Classical Music Club

Hermit Arts: Classical Music Club

Leederville Town Hall 84 Cambridge St, West Leederville, WA
A morning concert series featuring local classical musicians perform a beautiful one hour long recital. Each performance features famous classical tunes that are well known and easy to listen to. Classical Music Club concerts are at the Leederville Town Hall from 10-11am on the third Friday of each month in…

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Explore the Orchestra: Meet the Strings

Ainslie Arts Centre 30 Elouera St, Braddon, ACT, Australia
Explore the Orchestra offers fun, relaxed performances that introduce our littlest audience members and their families to the world of music. Perfect for first-time concertgoers, these events are a chance to learn, sing and dance with CSO musicians. We believe that the earlier you are immersed in classical music, the sooner you can fall in love with it.…

Keys of Gold Classical Music Festival: A Rare Pair

St Paul's Cathedral, Bendigo 6 Myers St, Bendigo, 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…

Hayes Street Studio: Joseph Havlat

Hayes Street Studio 11 Hayes Street, Neutral Bay, NSW, Australia
Hayes Street Studio is thrilled to present pianist and composer Joseph Havlat in a rare recital that features a newly composed works by Australian composer Lisa Illean: her piano Sonata in ten parts. Commissioned by Wigmore Hall, the 19-minute work premiered in 2024 in London and is the composer’s first…
Mackay Chamber Music Festival

Mackay Chamber Music Festival: Transfiguration

CQU Conservatorium of Music 21 Boundary Rd, Ooralea, QLD, Australia
The 2025 Mackay Chamber Music Festival opens with a breathtaking exploration of transformation, light, and intensity. The evening begins with Wojciech Kilar’s Orawa, an electrifying work that surges with the untamed spirit of the Carpathian Mountains. Guitar virtuoso Slava Grigoryan takes center stage for Vivaldi’s Lute Concerto in D major, a gem…

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