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Yaron Lifschitz; Libby McDonnell; Alexander Berlage; Rani Luther

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Erin Helyard; Neil Armfield; Pinchgut Opera; Alexander Berlage; Orchestra of the Antipodes; Cantillation; Eugene Lynch
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An acrobatic Orpheus and Eurydice in Edinburgh

Orpheus and Eurydice © Jess Shurte
The music plays second fiddle to Australian circus company Circa in Yaron Lifschitz’s production of Gluck's great opera. 
***11
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Total drama in Orpheus and Eurydice at Opera Australia

Christophe Dumaux (Orpheus) and Sandy Leung (Eurydice) © Keith Saunders
Man of the circus Yaron Lifschitz gives Orpheus and Euridice the Gesamtkunstwerk treatment in his involving production that arrives from Brisbane. 
*****
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A triptych of loss from Sydney Chamber Opera

Emily Edmonds in Quatre Instants © Daniel Boud
Monodramas by Francis Poulenc, Kaija Saariaho and Jack Symonds feature in a triple bill on the themes of love, loss and absence. 
****1
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Trilogy: a brilliantly diverse triple bill

Mia Heathcote as Syb, Laura Tosar as Bylla and Victor Estévez as Harry in My Brilliant Career © David Kelly
Cathy Marston’s My Brilliant Career premieres in Brisbane within a diverse triple bill that shows off Queensland Ballet's versatility.
****1
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Blinding ice: Finsterer's frozen Antarctica at the Sydney Festival

Antarctica © Wendell Teodoro
Gorgeous music by Mary Finsterer and an evocative setting by Elizabeth Gadsby transport you to the ends of the earth.
****1
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Britten's Canticles awakened at Sydney Chamber Opera

Awakening Shadow © Zan Wimberley
Luke Styles' interludes to the Canticles may not set the musical world alight in Awakening Shadow, but they provide the perfect excuse to perform Britten's remarkable works.
****1
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