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SydneyIl ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (The Return of Ulysses to his Country), SV 325

City Recital Hall, Jun 16 17:00, Jun 18 19:00, Jun 19 19:00

Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (The Return of Ulysses to his Country), SV 325

Erin Helyard; Chas Rader-Shieber; Pinchgut Opera; Melanie Liertz; Fernando Guimarãres; Catherine Carby

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Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Jun 28, 29, Jul 01, 03, 04, 05, 06 13:00, 11, 12, 13 13:00, 16, 19, 22, 25, 27, 29, 31, Aug 01, 02, 03, 06, 07, 10 (at 19:30 unless shown)

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Massimo Zanetti; Graeme Murphy; Opera Australia; Nicholas Milton; Tahu Matheson; Michael Scott; Jennifer Irwin

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Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Jul 02, 06, 09, 13, 17, 20 13:00, 23, 26 (at 19:30 unless shown)

Donizetti: Anna Bolena

Renato Palumbo; Davide Livermore; Opera Australia; Giò Forma; Mariana Fracasso; Ermonela Jaho; Teddy Tahu Rhodes

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Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Jul 15 19:30, Jul 18 19:30, Jul 20 19:30, Jul 24 19:30, Jul 27 13:00, Jul 30 19:30

Kats-Chernin: Whiteley

Tahu Matheson; David Freeman; Opera Australia; Dan Potra; Opera Australia Chorus; Opera Australia Orchestra

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City Recital Hall, Sat 3 Aug at 14:30

to be announced

Nicole Car; Étienne Dupuis; Jayson Gillham

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Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall, Aug 08 19:00, Aug 11 13:00

Giordano: Andrea Chénier

Pinchas Steinberg; Opera Australia; Jonas Kaufmann; Eva-Maria Westbroek; Ludovic Tézier; Sian Sharp

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A beloved Australian Ballet classic: Maina Gielgud's Giselle

Ako Kondo (Giselle) and Chengwu Guo (Albrecht) © Daniel Boud

Chantal Nguyen, 01 May

Ako Kondo dances a gorgeous Giselle in this restaging of a much-loved production.

****1

Callum Linnane and Dana Stephensen in Filigree and Shadow © Daniel Boud

Chantal Nguyen, 09 Apr

The company's annual contemporary trible bill marks the much-anticipated Opera House main-season debut of Alice Topp's Aurum, and reprises work by Stephen Baynes and Tim Harbour.

***11

Sandra Bowdler, 07 Apr

Soprano Alexandra Oomens confirmed her star potential, but all soloists and players shone in this jubilant concert featuring Telemann's Thunder Ode and Bach's Easter Oratorio

*****

Chantal Nguyen, 26 Mar

The much-loved Sydney cultural institution leaps into its 50th year with this impressive, energising triple bill.

****1

Chantal Nguyen, 23 Mar

For the first time, a musical comes to the outdoor stage of the annual Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour.

****1

David Larkin, 13 Mar

Under guest director Lorenza Borrani a subdued ACO offers a programme of arrangements of Prokofiev and Beethoven sandwiching a new work by Dobrinka Tabakova.

***11