• Penrith Symphony Orchestra: Tosca

    Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
    Tosca is offered a terrible bargain, but what will she choose, and who will survive? Set in Rome against a background of the Napoleonic wars, the action is urgent and visceral, charting less than twenty-four hours of real-time. PSO presents a thriller, one of the worlds most loved and staged…
  • Penrith Symphony Orchestra: Liszt, Wagner & Grieg – Death & Fate

    Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
    Acclaimed Australian pianist, Vatche Jambazian appears as soloist in Liszt’s Totentanz. The concept underpinning the ‘danse macabre’ had gripped imaginations since the Middle-Ages, with artists frequently exploring and revisiting the genre. Liszt’s contribution to the form unleashes both piano and orchestra with apocalyptic force in a bravura showpiece. The innovative…
  • Penrith Symphony Orchestra: Messiah

    Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
    A Christmas tradition returns with Handel’s much-loved Messiah. Featuring the famous Hallelujah Chorus, it is a work equal parts rousing, contemplative and beautiful. Famed for his operas in the Italian style, Handel turned to the oratorio as fashion and audience taste shifted. Messiah is his best-known work in the genre,…