Classical music, opera, ballet and dance in Sydney, NSW, Australia

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City Recital Hall Handa Opera, Sydney Harbour Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre Sydney Opera House: Utzon Room The Opera Centre

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SydneyLa bohème

Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Jan 23, 31, Feb 02, 05, 08, Mar 16 13:00, 20, 22, 25, 28 (at 19:30 unless shown)

Puccini: La bohème

Benjamin Northey; Gale Edwards; Opera Australia; Nicholas Milton; Dane Lam; Brian Thomson; Julie Lynch

Dancers in Opera Australia's Turandot © Keith Saunders

Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Jan 24, 29, Feb 01, 04, 07, 09 13:00, 13, 16, 20, 23, 27, Mar 01, 05, 08, 12, 16, 19, 23, 27, 30 13:00 (at 19:30 unless shown)

Puccini: Turandot

Christian Badea; Graeme Murphy; Opera Australia; Kristian Fredrikson; Amber Wagner; Dragana Radakovic

SydneyWozzeck

Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Jan 25, 30, Feb 02 13:00, 06, 09, 12, 15 (at 19:30 unless shown)

Berg: Wozzeck

Andrea Molino; William Kentridge; Opera Australia; Sabine Theunissen; Greta Goiris; Michael Honeyman; Lorina Gore

SydneyA Little Lunch Music: Orava Quartet with Kathryn Selby AM

City Recital Hall, Wed 30 Jan at 12:30

Tchaikovsky, Kilar, Dvořák

Orava Quartet; Daniel Kowalik; David Dalseno; Thomas Chawner

SydneyArvo Pärt & JS Bach

City Recital Hall, Feb 02 19:00, Feb 05 20:00, Feb 06 19:00

Pärt, Bach, Grigorjeva, Sculthorpe

Australian Chamber Orchestra; Richard Tognetti; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

SydneyArvo Pärt & JS Bach

Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall, Sun 3 Feb at 14:00

Pärt, Bach, Grigorjeva, Sculthorpe

Australian Chamber Orchestra; Richard Tognetti; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

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Opera Australia revives spectacular storybook Turandot

Chantal Nguyen, 15 Jan

Amber Wagner delivers a thrilling performance in Opera Australia's revival of Graeme Murphy's Turandot – a spectacular feast for both the ears and eyes.

****1

A scene from Katrina Olsen's Mother's Cry © Pedro Greig

Chantal Nguyen, 30 Nov

The 2018 installment of Sydney Dance Company's annual showcase for new choreographers, New Breed, brings four diverse and experimental works to the stage.

***11

Vivica Genaux (Mandane) and David Hansen (Arbace) © Brett Boardman

Sandra Bowdler, 29 Nov

Perhaps Pinchgut Opera's finest production to date, a brave presentation of a classic Baroque opera, little heard in Australia apart from Handel, benefits from the star presence of Vivca Genaux in splendid form.

*****

Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin © Peter Adamik

David Larkin, 27 Nov

Setting aside a disappointing first movement of the Eroica, the Berlin Staatskapelle under Barenboim deliver another polished and persuasive performance in their third Sydney concert.

****1