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Hätte Großbritannien Spaß an The Rabbits? Denn so allegorisiert die neue, australische Familienoper die Briten der Kolonialzeit, die in diese herrenlose Welt Downunder kamen und die Existenz der australischen Ureinwohner leugnete - die in dieser Oper in Gestalt von Beuteltieren auftreten.

Kamele, Feuerwerk und ein riesiger Kopf von Nefertiti: der Sydney Harbour-Inszenierung von Aida fehlt es nicht an Spektakel. Latonia Moore sticht in der Titelrolle heraus, mit guter Unterstützung von Miliaja Nikolic als Amneris und Michael Honeyman als Amonasro.

Johann Sebastian Bach schrieb hunderte liturgische Werke, die meisten davon mit einer straffen Frist – der kommende Sonntagsgottesdienst. Die Komposition (so mancher würde es Kompilation nennen) der Messe in h-Moll BWV 232 aber beschäftigte ihn viele Jahre lang.

Australian pianist gives the world premiere of Katia Beaugeais' Piano Concerto no. 1 between performances of Stravinsky and Mussorgsky classics

Wonderful singing, orchestral playing and staging make for a successful performance of Tchaikovsky's opera, with some reservations about the production

The Australian Ballet’s touring group is presenting a pleasing program in Nutcracker Act 2 and Other Works, designed to appeal to a wide audience. 

A wonderful staged pairing of Telemann's cantata for a dead canary and Bach's coffee cantata, with sundry other creatures, from Australian Baroque.

Opera's greatest romcom glitters on its third outing at the Sydney Opera House. 

An updated staging of this 17th-century opera, with great singing and acting, is more successful than its somewhat distracting updated orchestration. 

Sydney Dance Company's latest triple bill celebrates contemporary dance at its most adventurous and diverse.  

The impressive Italian baritone features in a tour of Renaissance and Baroque Italian works with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in Melbourne.

The Bach Akademie Australia celebrates the Leipzig Collegium Musicum of the Baroque era with an entertaining concert of familiar works and rarities, including the outright "silly" concerto of Telemann's The Frogs.

An unusual combination of 20th-century Russian masterworks herald debut appearances by both conductor and soloist in Sydney.

The pairing of Barshai's arrangment of Shostakovich's Eighth String Quartet with Mozart's Gran Partita makes for an interesting contrast in this concert, beautifully presented by members of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.

Bangarra's latest triple bill creates a powerful evening of resilience, belonging and community. 

As usual, Pinchgut lavishes musical excellence on an obscure Baroque work... but why stage an oratorio? 

Emerging from different incarnations of Leah Purcell’s play, George Palmer’s opera develops traditional Dreaming elements from Aboriginal mythology, premiering in Brisbane. 

Neil Armfield’s production for State Opera South Australia combines a sparkling night of entertainment with first class musical values. 

Margarita Gritskova leads a fine ensemble performance of Rossini’s most under-appreciated opera by Opera Queensland. 

This revival of Romeo and Juliet combines vivid staging and technical leads, but the lover's careful partnership lacks the volatility that makes young love convincing and tragedy believable. 

Guest conductor Riccardo Minasi leads the West Australian Symphony Orchestra with a program of old favourites, with outstanding contribution from trumpeter Jenna Smith

Flora unites the Australian Ballet with Bangarra Dance Theatre in a glorious collaboration that traces loss, renewal, resilience, cultural continuity and enduring vitality of the body. 

Eugene Onegin returns to the Sydney Opera house in Kasper Holten’s slightly awkward production but the singing and orchestral playing are exemplary. 

Olli Mustonen’s playing never permits a passive response. One can enthusiastically nod or one can profusely object, but the listener is asked to take a side and react.

A wonderful performance of a hitherto little known 17th-century version of the Orpheus legend is performed by Raphaël Pichon and Pygmalion at the Adelaide Festival. 

A challenging depiction of Joséphine Baker brilliantly performed by Julia Bullock under the direction of Peter Sellars at the Adelaide Festival.

It is hard to imagine a better performance of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 than this one by the French ensemble Pygmalion under the direction of Raphaël Pichon. 

The French ensemble Pygmalion enraptures the audience at the first night of the Adelaide Festival with a concert of music by JS Bach and his predecessors.

Putting Gershwin up against Mahler is a challenge, but Simone Young and Jean-Yves Thibaudet bring it off in the Sydney Symphony's 2026 season opener. 

Philip Glass and Christopher Hampton's operatic version of Kafka’s The Trial captures the essence of the book and this production does justice to the opera and its origin

Elijah Moshinsky’s 33-year-old production of Hansel and Gretel hasn’t aged well. 

Opera Australia's new Turandot succeeds with musical, dramatic and visual values with a mix of local and imported talent. 

Cellist Li-Wei Qin plays Tchaikovsky with a fantastically in-form West Australian Symphony Orchestra, in a programme with other works by Mozart and Wagner. 

Bach Akademie Australia, led by its founder Madeleine Easton, presents as good a performance of the complete Brandenburgs as anyone could be wished for.

Terrific orchestral colours abound in this Sydney Symphony concert under Simone Young, adding to a thoughtful and emotive rendering of one of the best-known cello concertos.

A delightful programme welcomes conductor Lionel Bringuier and returning cellist Daniel Müller-Schott to Sydney.

The West Australian Symphony Orchestra precedes Dvořák with equally well rendered works by Kodály and Bartók as the orchestra comes to grips with performing in a less than ideal venue.

Perth's HIP Company join forces with Sydney's The Marais Project for a charming evening of French Baroque music. 

Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking represents Freeze Frame Opera's best production to date, with a powerhouse performance by founder soprano Hattie Marshall. 

Two mighty piano sonatas bookend Marc-André Hamelin's concert at Sydney's City Recital Hall. 

The Perth Symphonic Chorus and Perth Philharmonic Orchestra with a fine quartet of local soloists deliver a satisfactory Verdi Requiem. 

Three very different works from the long life of Richard Strauss are performed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Simone Young.

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

Stephen Layton conducts Haydn and Handel, and is joined by soprano Sara Macliver for Bach and Mozart for a joyful evening. 

Director Constantine Costi updates the action  of Mozart's Singspiel to a secluded cross between a cult headquarters and a nightclub. 

Two works by Shostakovich sandwiching Rhapsody in Blue made for an exhilerating concert from the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Melbourne

Siobhan Stagg is an outstanding Susanna in a strongly cast and well produced Marriage of Figaro at the Sydney Opera House

The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra ventures into (mostly) Baroque territory with the help of mezzo-soprano Caitlin Hulcup. 

With Tchaikovsky’s music, glittering visual spectacle and wonderful dancers, The Australian Ballet's The Sleeping Beauty is a thrilling night at the ballet.