Event Series Arioso Ten

Arioso Chamber Ensemble: Arioso Ten

Eudlo Hall Eudlo Hall, 19 Rosebed Street, Eudlo, QLD, Australia
Step into the enchanting world of Baroque music as Arioso Chamber Ensemble commemorates a decade of musical brilliance with their 10th anniversary concert series: Arioso Ten. Judit Molnár (soprano) will perform a selection of beautiful works including the cantata “Rotte L’Aspre Catene” by Italian composer Antonio Caldara, Vivaldi’s “Mentre Dormi”,…

Bel a cappella: …and the river runs away

Mosman Art Gallery 1 Art Gallery Way, Mosman, NSW, Australia
Join us for a diverse program of songs about love, water, and loss featuring the incredible pianistic talents of duet Josephine Allan and David Miller accompanying the choir in Hans Huber's musical exploration of Goethe's literary masterpiece Aus Goethes Westöstlichem Diwan, as we transport you into the world of Persian…
Event Series Arioso Ten

Arioso Chamber Ensemble: Arioso Ten

Cooroy Memorial Hall 23 Maple Street, Cooroy, QLD, Australia
Step into the enchanting world of Baroque music as Arioso Chamber Ensemble commemorates a decade of musical brilliance with their 10th anniversary concert series: Arioso Ten. Judit Molnár (soprano) will perform a selection of beautiful works including the cantata “Rotte L’Aspre Catene” by Italian composer Antonio Caldara, Vivaldi’s “Mentre Dormi”,…
Event Series Agatha in Vivaldi’s Venice

Australian Chamber Choir: Agatha in Vivaldi’s Venice

Basilica of St Mary of the Angels Yarra Street, Geelong, VIC, Australia
Agatha, born without the fingers of her left hand, was abandoned to the Venetian orphanage known as the Ospedale della Pietà, where Vivaldi was working to establish an incomparable music education program.  In 2022 the ACC premiered Agatha’s Cantata, newly completed after three centuries of silence. In 2024, they will…

Music at the Basilica: Agatha in Vivaldi’s Venice

Basilica of St Mary of the Angels Yarra Street, Geelong, VIC, Australia
Agatha, born without the fingers of her left hand, was abandoned to the Venetian orphanage known as the Ospedale della Pietà, where Vivaldi was working to establish an incomparable music education program. In 2022 the ACC premiered Agatha’s Cantata, newly completed after three centuries of silence. In 2024, they will…

Darebin Arts: Music for the Stages: Rully Shabara’s XhabaraBot AI Voice Machine

Darebin Arts Centre Cnr Bell St & St Georges Rd, Preston, VIC, Australia
Liquid Architecture presents Indonesian artist Rully Shabara (Senyawa) in collaboration with a special lineup of Melbourne/Naarm based musicians and vocal artists (TBA) for an evening of sound experiments and presentations with and against Rully’s Artificial Intelligence XhabaraBot Voice Machine. ‘The exploration of human voice in terms of singing and vocalisation,…
Editor's Choice Event Series Brisbane Bel Canto

Opera Queensland: Stabat Mater

Queensland Conservatorium 140 Grey St, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
The centrepiece of this bel canto festival is Patrick Nolan’s costumed concert staging of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor with star soprano Jessica Pratt. Richard Mills conducts the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and the cast includes Carlos Bárcenas as Lucia’s lover Edgardo and Sam Dundas as her brother Enrico. Pratt, a world-famous advocate for…

Sydney Chamber Choir: Mozart Requiem

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
Mozart’s Requiem is music of pure gold – shining genius, radiant beauty, profound humanity. The composer’s final act of creation, written in the face of death itself, the Requiem transcends fear and despair to affirm the power of life and hope. It’s one of the greatest works ever written for…

The Early Music Collective: The Inspired JS Bach – Return from Lübeck

St Brigid's, Marrickville 392 Marrickville Rd, Marrickville, NSW, Australia
The highlight of the evening will be Bach's poignant Cantata Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit’ BWV 106, also known as Actus Tragicus, a profoundly moving composition that will transport the audience to the heart of the Baroque period. The program will also include the delightful recorder duets of Telemann,…
Editor's Choice Event Series Canberra International Music Festival

Canberra International Music Festival: Red Dirt Hymns

National Museum of Australia Lawson Crescent, Acton, ACT, Australia
In his final year as Artistic Director, Roland Peelman has chosen to open the festival with William Barton, Persian tar player Hamed Sadeghi and Belgian jazz pianist Bram De Looze, as well as Lior and Nigel Westlake’s Compassion. Guitar virtuoso Pavel Ralev, violist Florian Peelman, France’s Trio Karénine and Dudok Quartet…
Event Series Kiss Me, Kate

Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Victoria: Kiss Me, Kate

The Alexander Theatre 48 Exhibition Walk, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Victoria presents Kiss Me, Kate, the Tony Award-winning 1940’s musical comedy from Cole Porter (Anything Goes, Fifty Million Frenchmen) with a score of witty, hummable hits paired with ridiculous Shakespearean antics from Sam and Bella Spewack (Leave It To Me!, My Three Angels). The battle of…
Event Series Kiss Me, Kate

Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Victoria: Kiss Me, Kate

The Alexander Theatre 48 Exhibition Walk, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Victoria presents Kiss Me, Kate, the Tony Award-winning 1940’s musical comedy from Cole Porter (Anything Goes, Fifty Million Frenchmen) with a score of witty, hummable hits paired with ridiculous Shakespearean antics from Sam and Bella Spewack (Leave It To Me!, My Three Angels). The battle of…

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