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Opera Australia: The Opera Australia Gala Concert

Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
For the first time in over 40 years, the national company comes to the nation’s capital to celebrate Canberra Theatre Centre’s 60th anniversary. Tahu Matheson conducts the OA Orchestra and Chorus in a gala concert directed by OA Young Artist Claudia Osborne. The soloists are sopranos Jennifer Black and Canberra’s…
Classic Adventures – Witches and Wizards

West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Classic Adventures – Witches and Wizards

Heath Ledger Theatre 174 William St, Perth, WA, Australia
Get ready for a spellbinding symphonic event! Grab your capes and wands as WASO whisks you away on an enchanting journey through magical worlds. With thrilling music from Harry Potter, The Wizard of Oz, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Stravinsky’s Firebird, this concert promises an unforgettable experience filled with wizardry and…
Orchestral Adventures

Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Orchestral Adventures

Townsville Civic Theatre 41 Boundary St, South Townsville, 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…

Elder Conservatorium: Lunchtime Concert – The Trout

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
This special collaboration sees three of our faculty members team up with two very distinguished colleagues from overseas. Described by the Los Angeles Times as an ‘extraordinary musician’, Mark Menzies is a member of the LA Philharmonic, and is currently violin and viola professor at the Californian Institute of Arts. The German-born,…

Australia Baroque: Extravagant Mozart

Government House Ballroom, Perth 13 St Georges Terrace, Perth, WA, Australia
Join us in the elegant Ballroom of Government House for an all-Mozart program played on period instruments. Mozart’s spectacular and rarely heard concerto for three fortepianos round off this dazzling program, with fortepiano soloists Dr Geoffrey Lancaster AO, James Huntingford and Jake Smith.  
Leanne Kenneally & Alex Raineri – Songs of Light and Sky

Opera Queensland: Leanne Kenneally & Alex Raineri – Songs of Light and Sky

Opera Queensland Studio South Bank, QLD, Australia
A radiant evening of soaring voices and timeless melodies, celebrating the elegance and emotional power of the world’s greatest lyric sopranos. One of Australia’s and Brisbane’s very own great lyric soprano, Leanne Kenneally, explores the beauty of the human voice and the music of the skies, with unforgettable songs of…
The Tallis Scholars

QPAC: The Tallis Scholars – Chant

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Acclaimed vocal ensemble The Tallis Scholars return to QPAC this October with a superbly curated program inspired by Gregorian chant. Featuring works across eight centuries, from medieval composer and visionary Hildegard von Bingen, to one of today’s most popular living composers, Arvo Pärt, audiences will be transported to an exquisite…

Music at the Basilica: Then, Now

Basilica of St Mary of the Angels Yarra Street, Geelong, VIC, Australia
An immersion of soul and space, from 12th century chant to recent Australian works. Featuring Miranda Brockman (cello), Vicki Hallett (clarinet), Tom Healey (baritone), Philip Healey  (violin), Brighid Mantelli (flute), Laura Tanata (harp) and Frank De Rosso (organ).
Manon

The Australian Ballet: Manon

Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s adaptation of Abbé Prévost’s 1731 novel, Manon is a tragic romance unlike any other in ballet. From the echelons of high society 18th-century Paris to the gritty streets of New Orleans, Manon tells a story of a young girl desperate to rise above her lowly origins, seduced…
Fate

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Fate

Adelaide Town Hall 128 King William Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.4 bursts into life with the thunderous power of brass, setting a dramatic stage for the composer’s exploration of fate. Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.1 offers a charming counterpoint, as Benjamin Grosvenor’s virtuosity infuses the playful and expressive dialogue between piano and orchestra. The concert begins with Akimenko’s celestial…
Asher Fisch Conducts Dvořák 9

West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Asher Fisch Conducts Dvořák 9

Winthrop Hall Perth, WA, Australia
Zoltán Kodály’s colourful Variations on a Hungarian Folksong sets the tone for this folk-inspired program. WASO’s own Principal Viola, Daniel Schmitt, takes centre stage for Bartók’s Viola Concerto, his final, elegiac work, full of the folk-music influences which so fascinated him. The sheer number of unforgettable melodies that fill Dvořák’s…

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