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SydneyFiddler on the Roof

Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sep 19 mat, eve, 20 mat, 22, 23 mat, eve, 24, 25, 26 mat, eve, 27 mat, 29, 30 mat, Oct 01, 02, 03 mat, eve, 04 mat, 06, 07 mat, eve, 08, 09, 10 mat, eve, 11 mat, 13, 14 mat, eve, 15, 16, 17 mat, eve, 18 mat, 20, 21 mat, eve, 22, 23, 24 mat, eve, 25 mat, 27, 28 mat, eve, 29, 30, 31 mat, eve

Bock: Fiddler on the Roof

Joel Grey; Opera Australia; Beowulf Boritt; Ann Hould-Ward

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The Opera Centre, Sat 19 Sep at 19:00

Ford: Rembrandt's Wife

Warwick Stengårds; Tabatha McFadyen; Opera Australia; Mark Thompson; Richard Anderson; Taryn Fiebig

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SydneyOmega Ensemble: Harp Fantaisie

Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall, Sat 26 Sep at 14:00

Ibert, Saint-Saëns, Glinka, Whitwell, Pärt

Omega Ensemble

Sydney Town Hall, Oct 08, 10 mat

Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia

Carlo Montanaro; Opera Australia; Jessica Pratt; Varduhi Abrahamyan; Michael Honeyman; Giuseppe Gipali

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SydneyOmega Ensemble: Night Serenades

City Recital Hall, Thu 29 Oct at 19:30

Dvořák, Dohnányi, Kats-Chernin

Omega Ensemble

SydneyMolto

Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Nov 06, 07 mat, eve, 09, 10, 11 mat, eve, 12, 13, 14 mat, eve, 16, 17, 18 mat, eve, 19, 20, 21 mat, eve

Chopin, Gordon, Handel

Sir Frederick Ashton; Tim Harbour; Stephen Baynes; Australian Ballet; Julia Trevelyan Oman; William Bundy; Kelvin Ho

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Verklärte Nacht stars in ACO’s concert return

Richard Tognetti and the ACO © Daniel Boud

Zoltán Szabó, 05 Sep

Concert life returns to Sydney with a programme of Mendelssohn and Schoenberg by the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

*****

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

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