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

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SydneyMadama Butterfly

Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Jun 29, Jul 01, 07, 09, 11, 13, 16, 20, 22, 26, 30 mat
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Carlo Montanaro; Graeme Murphy; Opera Australia; Michael Scott-Mitchell; Jennifer Irwin; Damien Cooper; Shane Placentino
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SydneyLa traviata

Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Jul 05, 08, 12, 14, 16 mat, 18, 21, 23, 27, 29, Oct 22, 26, 28, 31, Nov 02, 04
Verdi: La traviata
Renato Palumbo; Elijah Moshinsky; Opera Australia; Michael Yeargan; Peter J. Hall; Nigel Levings; Stacey Alleaume
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SydneyIl trovatore

Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Jul 15, 19, 23 mat, 25, 28, 30
Verdi: Il trovatore
Andrea Battistoni; Davide Livermore; Opera Australia; Giò Forma; Gianluca Falaschi; John Rayment; D-Wok
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SydneyCelebrating the Concert Hall

Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall, Jul 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 mat
Barton, Mahler
Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Simone Young; Nicole Car; Michelle DeYoung; Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
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SydneySimone Young & Hilary Hahn

Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall, Jul 28 mat, 29, 30
Milliken, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky
Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Simone Young; Hilary Hahn
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SydneyPoetry in Sound

Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall, Fri 5 Aug at 11:00
Haydn, Schubert, Stolz
Bo Skovhus; Simone Young
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Physical comedy detracts from Pinchgut's musically ravishing Orontea

Jeremy Eccles, 26 May
Ravishing music and performances, a crazy G&S plot, but physicality that tends to distract in Constantine Costi's production.
****1
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The Australian Ballet's “beautiful monster” is dance perfection

Chantal Nguyen, 03 May
The Australian Ballet's impressively-danced Kunstkamer is a work of astonishing scale, originality, and warmth, choreographed by Paul Lighfoot, Sol León, Marco Goecke and Crystal Pite.
*****
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Slick but disjointed Anna Karenina premieres in Sydney

Chantal Nguyen, 05 Apr
Yuri Possokhov's Anna Karenina aims to be a dark psychological drama, but its uneven character development and unengaging choreography fail to satisfy.
***11
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La Juive makes a belated Australian debut

David Larkin, 09 Mar
187 years after its Parisian debut, Halévy's La Juive receives its Australian premiere. A sterling cast under Carlo Montanaro reveals some unexpected beauties (and occasional longueurs) in this classic of French grand opéra.
****1
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Three international soloists triumph in Opera Australia’s Otello

Patricia Maunder, 19 Feb
Splendid performances by Yonghoon Lee and Karah Son breathe life into Harry Kupfer’s 20-year-old production.
****1
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Sunlight on stage: Opera Australia's Marriage of Figaro returns

Chantal Nguyen, 29 Jan
Three outstanding debuts and a warm and funny ensemble shine in David McVicar's naturalistic Marriage of Figaro. 
****1
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