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

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SydneyAida

Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Jun 25, 27, Jul 01, 04 12:30, 06, 09, 11, 15, 18, 21, 24, 28, 31, Aug 03, 05, 08 12:30, 10 (at 19:30 unless shown)

Verdi: Aida

Giampaolo Bisanti; Davide Livermore; Opera Australia; Tahu Matheson; Giò Forma; Gianluca Falaschi; Elena Gabouri

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Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Jun 30 19:30, Jul 04 19:30, Jul 08 19:30, Jul 11 12:30, Jul 13 19:30, Jul 16 19:30

Donizetti: Roberto Devereux

Paolo Carignani; Davide Livermore; Opera Australia; Giò Forma; Mariana Fracasso; Jennifer Rowley; Elena Maximova

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Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Jul 14 19:00, Jul 18 12:00, Jul 23 19:00, Jul 30 19:00, Aug 01 19:00, Aug 07 19:00

Halévy: La Juive

Guillaume Tourniaire; Olivier Py; Opera Australia; Pierre-André Weitz; Natalie Aroyan; Diego Torre

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Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Jul 25, 27, 29, Aug 01 12:00, 04, 06, 08 (at 19:30 unless shown)

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

Carlo Montanaro; Kasper Holten; Opera Australia; Mia Stensgaard; Katrina Lindsay; Nicole Car; Sian Sharp

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Sydney Lyric: The Star, Aug 04 19:00, Aug 05 13:00, 19:30, Aug 06 19:30, Aug 07 19:30, Aug 08 14:00, 19:30, Aug 09 13:00, Aug 11 13:00, Aug 12 13:00, 19:30, Aug 13 19:30, Aug 14 19:30, Aug 15 14:00, 19:30, Aug 16 13:00, Aug 18 13:00, Aug 19 13:00, 19:30, Aug 20 19:30, Aug 21 19:30, Aug 22 14:00, 19:30, Aug 23 13:00, Aug 25 13:00, Aug 26 13:00, 19:30, Aug 27 19:30, Aug 28 19:30, Aug 29 14:00, 19:30, Aug 30 13:00

McNeff: The Secret Garden

Unknown; Opera Australia

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Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Aug 14, 15 13:00, 19:30, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22 13:00, 19:30 (at 19:30 unless shown)

Guettel: The Light in the Piazza

Kimberly Grigsby; Daniel Evans; Opera Australia; Robert Jones; Brigitte Reiffenstuel; Renée Fleming

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Davide Livermore's La Scala Attila travels to Sydney

Taras Berezhansky (Attila) © Prudence Upton

Jeremy Eccles, 12 Mar

Livermore updates the scene to the 1930s, but seems to be setting Mussolini's Italians against invading Germans.

***11

Zoltán Szabó, 19 Feb

The Sydney Symphony, temporarily rehoused in the ornate Victorian style Town Hall, plays grandiose Wagner and safe Stravinsky.

***11

Richard Tognetti and the ACO © Simon van Boxtel

Zoltán Szabó, 12 Feb

To mark #Beethoven250, the Australian Chamber Orchestra plays his first three symphonies in concert. But can one eat three delicious desserts in one sitting?

****1

Teddy Tahu Rhodes (Méphistophélès) © Prudence Upton

David Larkin, 10 Feb

The revival of David McVicar's production of Gounod's Faust provides spectacle and entertainment in spades, with strong performances from Ivan Magrì (Faust) and Teddy Tahu Rhodes (Méphistophélès).

****1

Luca Micheletti (Don Giovanni) and Anna Dowsley (Zerlina) © Keith Saunders

David Larkin, 24 Jan

David McVicar's dark and gothic Don Giovanni is revived in Sydney, with stand-out performances from Luca Micheletti as an unapologetic and dashing Don, and Eleanor Lyons as a magnificent Donna Anna

****1

Tenebrae sings “Music of the Spheres” © Yaya Stempler

David Larkin, 22 Jan

An exquisite evening of British 20th-century choral music from Tenebrae under Nigel Short at the Sydney Festival, with outstanding renditions of the music of Parry, Bingham and Stanford.

*****

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City Recital Hall Sydney Lyric: The Star Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre Sydney Opera House: Utzon Room Sydney Town Hall The Opera Centre