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Classical music, opera, ballet and dance in Australia

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SydneySimone Young conducts Richard Strauss

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Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall, Sep 05, 06
Strauss R.
Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Simone Young; Andrea Lam
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Perth WAButterfly Effect

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His Majesty's Theatre, Sep 05, 06, 10, 11, 12, 13 mat, eve, 17, 19, 20 mat, eve
Wells: Butterfly Effect
Alice Topp; West Australian Ballet; Jessica Gethin; Jon Buswell; Aleisa Jelbart
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SydneyCarmenNew production

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Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sep 06, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19
Bizet: Carmen
Lidiya Yankovskaya; Anne-Louise Sarks; Opera Australia; Natalie Murray Beale; Tahu Matheson; Marg Horwell
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SydneyLa bohème

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Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sep 06 mat, 08, 10, 12, 16, 18, 20 mat
Puccini: La bohème
Erina Yashima; Gale Edwards; Opera Australia; Brian Thomson; Julie Lynch; John Rayment; Opera Australia Orchestra
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MelbourneA Musical Awakening

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Melbourne Recital Centre, Sep 06, 08
von Bingen, Richter, Eötvös, Lang, Vasks, Various, Beethoven
Australian Chamber Orchestra; Timo-Veikko Valve; Genevieve Lacey
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Siren Calls: West Australian SO sets sail

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Sandra Bowdler, 29 Aug
An impressive new work by Paul Stanhope, Mahāsāgar (the Indian Ocean) is well sung and played by the WASO choir and orchestra with soloists Sara Macliver and Andrew Goodwin, alongside some oceanic favourites
****1
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18th-century fireworks from Stephen Layton and the Sydney Symphony

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Sandra Bowdler, 23 Aug
Stephen Layton conducts Haydn and Handel, and is joined by soprano Sara Macliver for Bach and Mozart for a joyful evening. 
****1
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Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio updated for Melbourne

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Sandra Bowdler, 12 Aug
Director Constantine Costi updates the action  of Mozart's Singspiel to a secluded cross between a cult headquarters and a nightclub. 
***11
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Australian Chamber Orchestra in Melbourne: Gershwin, Shostakovich

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Sandra Bowdler, 10 Aug
Two works by Shostakovich sandwiching Rhapsody in Blue made for an exhilerating concert from the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Melbourne
****1
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Siobhan Stagg leads a strong Marriage of Figaro revival in Sydney

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Sandra Bowdler, 31 Jul
Siobhan Stagg is an outstanding Susanna in a strongly cast and well produced Marriage of Figaro at the Sydney Opera House
****1
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