The SOH, Australian National Academy of Music and Pacific Opera announce a new concert series in the Utzon Room.

Rising stars of Australian classical music and opera will be showcased in a series of concerts presented by the Sydney Opera House, the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) and Pacific Opera.

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From April to December 2017, up-and-coming young artists from ANAM and Pacific Opera will perform in the intimate surrounds of SOH’s Utzon Room. The nine-concert series is designed to help launch the next stage of their professional career, as they perform alongside international musicians and mentors, including Stefan Dohr, Principal Horn for the Berlin Philharmonic, ANAM Artistic Director Nick Deutsch and Pacific Opera Artistic Director Simon Kenway, as well as alumni of the ANAM training programme.

The repertoire will range from Schubert’s Winterreise to a selection of French and Italian arias to the Australian premiere of a song cycle commemorating the September 11, 2001 attacks by Richard Pearson Thomas called Race for the Sky.

Sydney Opera House Director of Performing Arts, Tim Calnin, said: “As we continue to explore ways to foster young artistic talent,...