Performer: Opera Australia Orchestra

SydneyThe Merry Widow

Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Jul 08, 09, 10, 11 mat, eve, 17, 18, 19 mat, 22, 24, 25 mat, 26 mat, 31, Aug 04, 06, 13, 15, 18

Lehár: Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow)

Vanessa Scammell; Graeme Murphy; Opera Australia; Michael Scott-Mitchell; Jennifer Irwin; Damien Cooper; Opera Australia Orchestra

Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Jul 21, 23, 25, 30, Aug 01, 05, 08 mat, 12, 14, 17, 19, 21

Verdi: Rigoletto

Sesto Quatrini; Elijah Moshinsky; Opera Australia; Michael Yeargan; Robert Bryan; Opera Australia Orchestra

Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Aug 07, 09 mat, 11, 15 mat

Palmer: The Drover’s Wife

Tahu Matheson; Leah Purcell; Opera Australia; Isabel Hudson; Tess Schofield; Karen Norris; Opera Australia Orchestra

Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Aug 20, 22 mat

Opera Australia Orchestra; Speranza Scappucci; Stuart Maunder; Alex Lynn; Jessica Pratt; Caitlin Hulcup

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

Copland: Copland Dance Episodes

Justin Peck; The Australian Ballet; Jeffrey Gibson; Ellen Warren; Brandon Stirling Baker; Opera Australia Orchestra

Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Nov 28, 30, Dec 01, 02 mat, eve, 03, 04, 05 mat, eve, 07, 08, 09 mat, eve, 10, 11, 12 mat, eve, 14, 15 mat, eve, 16 mat

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

Lev Ivanov; Sir Peter Wright; Vincent Redmon; The Australian Ballet; John Macfarlane; David Finn; Opera Australia Orchestra

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The Australian Ballet does Romeo and Juliet: precision over passion

Grace Carroll as Juliet and Joseph Caley as Romeo in John Cranko's Romeo and Juliet © Daniel Boud

Katie Lawrence, 24 Apr

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.

***11

The Australian Ballet and Bangarra Dance Theatre in Frances Rings’ Flora © Daniel Boud

Katie Lawrence, 07 Apr

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.

****1

Andrei Bondarenko (Onegin) and Lauren Fagan (Tatyana) © Keith Saunders

Sandra Bowdler, 17 Mar

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

****1