Pinchgut Opera | The First Murder May 23, 2026, Roslyn Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay, NSW Pinchgut’s invitation was simple and rather bold: “To understand the world we live in, let’s […]
Opera Australia | La Traviata 9 May, 2026, Regent Theatre, Melbourne, VIC Honouring Our ‘Fallen Woman’ The Occasion As the tentacles of Autumn reached into Melbourne’s heartland on this chilly […]
Shaumet Music | Das Rheingold, arr. Jonathan Dove and Graham Vick 24 April, 2026, City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW Artistic Directors: Anke Hoeppner-Ryan, Barry Ryan Music Director & Conductor: Toby […]
Opera Australia | Eugene Onegin March 17, 2026, Sydney Opera House Conductor Anna Skryleva If you love opera and have not seen/heard Eugene Onegin then this production is surely a […]
Opera Australia | Hänsel & Gretel 27 January 2026, Sydney Opera House, NSW After a long absence, Opera Australia revived the 1992 Elijah Moshinsky production of Hänsel & Gretel. It […]
Turandot | Opera Australia 15 January 2026, Sydney Opera House, NSW There’s been quite a bit of buzz around this new production of Turandot, and that’s not surprising as it […]
Opera Australia | Madama Butterfly 3 January 2026, Sydney Opera House, NSW Opera Australia opened its 70th anniversary year with a confident, crowd-pleasing return to Madama Butterfly, presenting a production […]
Endangered Productions | Bernstein and Busoni 28 November – 7 December | Eternity Playhouse, Darlinghurst Artistic director Christine Logan says, ‘Endangered Productions cherry-picks often little-known musical gems and reworks them […]
Opera Australia | Orpheus and Eurydice December 2, 2025, Regent Theatre, Melbourne, VIC The Occasion On December 2nd, as Melbourne ushered in a brisk and wintry start to the festive […]
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Simone Young conducts Wagner’s Siegfried Sydney Opera House, November 2025 SIMONE YOUNG conductor SIMON O’NEILL Siegfried MIINA-LIISA VÄRELÄ Brünnhilde GERHARD SIEGEL Mime WOLFGANG KOCH Wanderer WARWICK […]
Jessica O’Donoghue and Jack Symonds | ‘Undead’ album launch November 7, 2025, The Church, Alexandria, NSW Opera isn’t dead. It isn’t even sleeping. It’s right in front of us in […]
Victorian Opera | Katya Kabanova October 14, 2025, Palais Theatre, St Kilda, VIC Leoš Janáček’s masterpiece Katya Kabanova tells the unhappy story of Katya, a woman trapped in a miserable […]
Victorian Opera | Mozart’s Abduction 12 August 2025, Palais Theatre, St Kilda, VIC There was something fresh, cheeky and wonderfully entertaining about the Victorian Opera’s sensual and saucy production of […]
Pinchgut Opera | The Fairy Queen 7 June, 2025, Roslyn Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay, NSW Wow! Pinchgut does it again… From the first downbeat to the final shimmering chord, The […]
Samuel Mariño and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra | The sopranista returns 22 Februrary, 2025, City Recital Hall, Sydney NSW Venezuelan sopranista Samuel Mariño is back in Australia, and don’t we […]
Forest Collective | Labyrinth February 4, 2025 Abbotsford Convent, VIC The Minotaur always struck me as a sad figure of Greek mythology. Alone, confused, unloved, ostracised from family and eventually […]
Victorian Opera | Follies Feb 1, 2025, Palais Theatre St Kilda, VIC It’s been a long wait for lovers of Stephen Sondheim to finally see a fully staged production of […]
Pinchgut Opera | The First Murder May 23, 2026, Roslyn Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay, NSW Pinchgut’s invitation was simple and rather bold: “To understand the world we live in, let’s return to where it began.” In The First Murder, that beginning was not a exactly the Garden of Eden, but a scrubby Aussie beach campsite: sand, rocks, flannel flowers, an
Opera Australia | La Traviata 9 May, 2026, Regent Theatre, Melbourne, VIC Honouring Our ‘Fallen Woman’ The Occasion As the tentacles of Autumn reached into Melbourne’s heartland on this chilly Saturday night, it was off to the mighty Regent Theatre in search of the Fallen Woman. Somewhat ironic as the next morning the gentle menfolk of urban and rural Oz
Shaumet Music | Das Rheingold, arr. Jonathan Dove and Graham Vick 24 April, 2026, City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW Artistic Directors: Anke Hoeppner-Ryan, Barry Ryan Music Director & Conductor: Toby Wong Shaumet Chamber Orchestra Cast: Wotan: Shane Lowrencev Alberich: Simon Lobelson Loge: Raphael Hudson Fricka: Livia Brash Donner: Bernard Leong-Lokman Freia: Aleta Shang Erda: Jill Sullivan Fasolt: Tristan Entwistle Fafner:
Opera Australia | Eugene Onegin March 17, 2026, Sydney Opera House Conductor Anna Skryleva If you love opera and have not seen/heard Eugene Onegin then this production is surely a great introduction. One of the great things about Tchaikovsky’s operatic writing is his mastery of orchestration and his grand romantic gestures that create orchestral music in the opera that greatly
Opera Australia | Hänsel & Gretel 27 January 2026, Sydney Opera House, NSW After a long absence, Opera Australia revived the 1992 Elijah Moshinsky production of Hänsel & Gretel. It is sung in English with surtitles. I was particularly interested in seeing this revival because my daughter, who was 10 at the time, was in the children’s chorus in the
Turandot | Opera Australia 15 January 2026, Sydney Opera House, NSW There’s been quite a bit of buzz around this new production of Turandot, and that’s not surprising as it arrives 35 years after its last new staging at the Sydney Opera House, and in the 100th anniversary year of Puccini’s final opera. It’s a complete re-imagining of the work,
Opera Australia | Madama Butterfly 3 January 2026, Sydney Opera House, NSW Opera Australia opened its 70th anniversary year with a confident, crowd-pleasing return to Madama Butterfly, presenting a production that wears its history proudly while speaking clearly to the present. Opening night at the Sydney Opera House carried extra charge: it was announced that the principal Pinkerton had had
Endangered Productions | Bernstein and Busoni 28 November – 7 December | Eternity Playhouse, Darlinghurst Artistic director Christine Logan says, ‘Endangered Productions cherry-picks often little-known musical gems and reworks them for a modern audience in intimate settings. (It is) a double operatic bill not to be missed.’ We stepped into 18th-century Bergamo (Italy) for a whirlwind of witty, mischievous, scathing
Opera Australia | Orpheus and Eurydice December 2, 2025, Regent Theatre, Melbourne, VIC The Occasion On December 2nd, as Melbourne ushered in a brisk and wintry start to the festive season, the city’s beloved citadel of West End–style splendour, the Regent Theatre, opened a portal into the underworld. Audiences were invited to peer across the River Styx and witness the
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Simone Young conducts Wagner’s Siegfried Sydney Opera House, November 2025 SIMONE YOUNG conductor SIMON O’NEILL Siegfried MIINA-LIISA VÄRELÄ Brünnhilde GERHARD SIEGEL Mime WOLFGANG KOCH Wanderer WARWICK FYFE Alberich TEDDY TAHU RHODES Fafner SAMANTHA CLARKE Waldvogel NOA BEINART Erda Confession: I didn’t mean to become a Ring Cycle person. Last year, I stumbled into the Die Walküre
Jessica O’Donoghue and Jack Symonds | ‘Undead’ album launch November 7, 2025, The Church, Alexandria, NSW Opera isn’t dead. It isn’t even sleeping. It’s right in front of us in tiger-striped elbow length gloves, thigh-high silver stiletto boots, a plunging neckline and a voice that could summon gods (or ghosts) depending on the need I guess. This was Undead: the
Victorian Opera | Katya Kabanova October 14, 2025, Palais Theatre, St Kilda, VIC Leoš Janáček’s masterpiece Katya Kabanova tells the unhappy story of Katya, a woman trapped in a miserable marriage with an interminable nightmare of a mother-in-law. The poor woman finds love with a handsome townsman before deciding to end her life, rather than live with the secret, shame
The Cooperative | Verdi’s Nabucco 30 August 2025, Pitt Street Uniting Church, Sydney, NSW Conductor: Toby Wong Director: Menila Moineaux Cast Nabucco: Tristan Entwistle Abigaille: Livia Brash Young Abigaille: Violet Rose Olds Zaccaria: Bernard Leong‑Lokman Fenena: Angelique Tot Ismaele: Sam Elmi Anna: Samanta Lestavel Abdallo: Spencer Darby Il Gran Sacerdote (High Priest): Dale Schilling Additionally: The Cooperative Chorus, Chamber Orchestra and Children’s Ensemble From the first downbeat of
Victorian Opera | Mozart’s Abduction 12 August 2025, Palais Theatre, St Kilda, VIC There was something fresh, cheeky and wonderfully entertaining about the Victorian Opera’s sensual and saucy production of Mozart’s Abduction (The abduction from the Seraglio of 1782). Sliding the work into 2025 with an updated libretto complete with local puns and references, the Abduction was artfully directed by
Pinchgut Opera | The Fairy Queen 7 June, 2025, Roslyn Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay, NSW Wow! Pinchgut does it again… From the first downbeat to the final shimmering chord, The Fairy Queen had me completely enthralled. The thrilling blend of baroque brilliance and modern wit had me pinned to my seat, not wanting to miss a moment of this cleverly
Samuel Mariño and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra | The sopranista returns 22 Februrary, 2025, City Recital Hall, Sydney NSW Venezuelan sopranista Samuel Mariño is back in Australia, and don’t we know it. The City Recital Hall was packed with excited concert-goers for their Saturday matinee, the Venezuelan diva’s penultimate performance before returning home. On the program were arias written for
Forest Collective | Labyrinth February 4, 2025 Abbotsford Convent, VIC The Minotaur always struck me as a sad figure of Greek mythology. Alone, confused, unloved, ostracised from family and eventually coming to a grizzly end. All of this makes the Minotaur an ideal subject for an opera. Labyrinth by Evan J Lawson and Daniel Szesiong Todd tells the story in
Victorian Opera | Follies Feb 1, 2025, Palais Theatre St Kilda, VIC It’s been a long wait for lovers of Stephen Sondheim to finally see a fully staged production of Follies in Australia. So many musical theatre and opera buffs cheered when the Victorian Opera announced its 2025 season opener was the fabled 1971 hit musical. As opening night approached
Join the Sydney Art Quartet for an unforgettable evening of chamber music as they perform Franz Schubert’s final chamber work, his String Quintet in C major, alongside guest cellist Paul […]
Join us for Jazz in June at St Jude's Bowral The Emerging Artist Concert Series presents City Tidda, a bold and personal project from trumpeter Sophia Rose. Created to share her love of music, roots, and identity, the program explores contemporary urban life through the lens of a First Nations woman. The title, using “Tidda” […]
Consult the oracle and experience an ancient and charismatic vision of the future with Ensemble Offspring and friends. Our biggest and boldest program of the season is also our most subtle and surreal, with music that will overwhelm you with its delicate beauty and luminous sonorities. Christopher Cerrone’s ethereal quartet, How to Breathe Underwater leads […]
Join the Sydney Art Quartet for an unforgettable evening of chamber music as they perform Franz Schubert’s final chamber work, his String Quintet in C major, alongside guest cellist Paul […]
Music & Tea at Wolllongong Art Gallery hosts the monthly Emerging Artist Concert Series. In June, we present City Tidda, a bold and personal project from trumpeter Sophia Rose. Created to share her love of music, roots, and identity, the program explores contemporary urban life through the lens of a First Nations woman. The title, […]
Since 2003, Opera Bites Co-Founder Murray Dahm has delivered accessible, friendly and informative lectures, drawing on its history, culture and music. Enjoy exploring a variety of areas of operatic history from […]
Consult the oracle and experience an ancient and charismatic vision of the future with Ensemble Offspring and friends. Our biggest and boldest program of the season is also our most subtle and surreal, with music that will overwhelm you with its delicate beauty and luminous sonorities. Christopher Cerrone’s ethereal quartet, How to Breathe Underwater leads […]
St James’ Music presents Serenade & Symphony, a vibrant collaboration between the Sydney Symphony Fellows and the Choir of St James’, where youthful instrumental brilliance meets choral tradition in the luminous acoustic of St James’ Church. The program features Bach’s exhilarating Magnificat, Poulenc’s dramatically contrasting Organ Concerto on the Bicentennial Pipe Organ, and Vaughan Williams’ […]
TMO's second Met Concert for 2026 promises a night of dazzling colour and elemental rhythm. Led by Chief Conductor Sarah-Grace Williams, this performance showcases the orchestra’s longtime support for talented Australian musicians when TMO present a world premiere work from composer Graeme Brown titled Endangered Species. Rimsky-Korsakov’s sparkling Capriccio Espagnol is inspired by Spanish folk […]
In a program of four trios we hear Beethoven’s greatest Piano Trio, the Archduke, written at the end of his ‘heroic’ period. It has the amplitude, variety and formal elaboration of works such as the Seventh Symphony; it is crowned by a slow movement that is one Beethoven’s most extraordinary variation-sets. Brahms’s late-period Trio is […]
The Afternoon Hours evoke memories of calm, reflection, and nostalgia… a bridge between the active daytime and the quieter evening. On 7th of June, Apeiron is going to spend one (or tiny little bit more than one…) of these hours exploring music for Traverso (flute) and Baroque ensemble! Join us for a bright and warm […]
In Humour & Horizons, Alexander Yau traverses wit, lyricism, and drama across eras. Beethoven’s intimate Op. 101 and Schumann’s mercurial Humoreske reveal playful introspection, while Debussy’s evocative Préludes paint shifting sonic landscapes. The journey culminates in the fiery urgency of Prokofiev’s Sixth Sonata — bold, restless, and electrifying. PROGRAM L. van Beethoven Sonata no. 28 in A […]
Tragic. Triumphant. Thrilling. ChorusOz is your chance to experience the energy and joy of our annual ‘big sing’ – an inspiring weekend of community and music-making at the Sydney Opera House. For 2026, Brett Weymark has turned his sights on one the most spectacular operas of all, Verdi’s Aida, for what he predicts could be […]
Internationally acclaimed British violinist Daniel Hope joins pianist Marie-Sophie Hauzel for a captivating recital in Melbourne inspired by his mentor, Yehudi Menuhin. For more than 35 years, Hope has been a leading presence on the international stage, renowned for his versatility, imaginative programming and distinctive artistry. An exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist, he first rose to […]
Internationally acclaimed British violinist Daniel Hope returns to Sydney... for the first time since 2014, joining pianist Marie-Sophie Hauzel for a compelling recital inspired by his mentor, Yehudi Menuhin. For more than 35 years, Hope has been a leading presence on the international stage, renowned for his versatility, imaginative programming and distinctive artistry. An exclusive […]
Welcome back Musica Viva Australia FutureMakers the Partridge String Quartet when they perform an irresistible program featuring Debussy's eloquent String Quartet and the Australian premiere of Holly Harrison's small but […]
El Palacio Español invites listeners into the sound world of the Spanish court, where poetry, dance, and song flourished in richly expressive forms. This programme gathers music from Spain’s Golden […]
An atmosphere of musical and scientific enlightenment. In 1702 in Leipzig, Bach’s great friend and colleague Telemann recognised the need for an environment in which his students could perform in public and where musical and academic pursuits could be fostered. The Collegium Musicum was born. When Bach arrived in 1723, he inherited this now famous […]
“If the Bohemians had the advantages enjoyed by the Italians they would surpass them. They are perhaps the most musical race in all Europe”. Charles Burney (1773) The celebrations for the crowning of Charles VI as King of Bohemia in Prague in 1723 included an opera performance by 200 musicians and 100 voices. “History does […]
Melbourne Bach Choir sings Rachmaninov’s All Night Vigil (Opus 37), plus Art Songs by Ukrainian composer Jul'ij Meitus. Proudly presented by the MBC Chamber Choir, the second of four celebratory 20th anniversary concerts is at St John’s Church, Camberwell on 12 June 2026 at 7.30pm. Melbourne Bach Chamber Choir’s winter offering features soloists mezzo-soprano Belinda […]
In the hands of Romantics like Bruckner and Brahms, music became increasingly expressive, harmonically inventive, passionate, theatrical. In the twentieth century, composers like Herbert Howells, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Amy Beach and Samuel Barber resisted the atonality and serialism embraced by their contemporaries and continued to explore the rich extremes of lush harmony and sweeping melodies. […]
A concert of diverse new music, Of Rivers & Trees brings together works by eight Australian composers in an evocative program exploring landscape, memory and imagination. The concert features music by Johanna Selleck, Alan Holley, Andrian Pertout, Paul Moulatlet, Haydn Reeder, Philip Czaplowski, Colin McKellar and Ken Murray. Performed by an outstanding group of artists […]
An atmosphere of musical and scientific enlightenment. In 1702 in Leipzig, Bach’s great friend and colleague Telemann recognised the need for an environment in which his students could perform in public and where musical and academic pursuits could be fostered. The Collegium Musicum was born. When Bach arrived in 1723, he inherited this now famous […]
An atmosphere of musical and scientific enlightenment. In 1702 in Leipzig, Bach’s great friend and colleague Telemann recognised the need for an environment in which his students could perform in public and where musical and academic pursuits could be fostered. The Collegium Musicum was born. When Bach arrived in 1723, he inherited this now famous […]
“If the Bohemians had the advantages enjoyed by the Italians they would surpass them. They are perhaps the most musical race in all Europe”. Charles Burney (1773) The celebrations for the crowning of Charles VI as King of Bohemia in Prague in 1723 included an opera performance by 200 musicians and 100 voices. “History does […]
Step into the coffee houses and concert halls of 1720s London where fashionable society argued passionately over two rival composers: Giovanni Bononcini and George Frideric Handel, inspiring the epigram that […]
Thomas Adès' Alchymia has been hailed as one of the best chamber music compositions of the time. Inspired by the music of Shakespearean England, but with a voice all of […]
Thomas Adès' Alchymia has been hailed as one of the best chamber music compositions of the time. Inspired by the music of Shakespearean England, but with a voice all of […]
A Concert Tour 18-21 June 2026 A Winter Solstice | Fantasies, Nocturnes & Lullabies for Cello & Piano is an intimate concert for cello and piano featuring reflective classical and contemporary repertoire presented in a candle-lit setting. The program includes works by Australian, French, Nordic, and Russian composers and explores themes of stillness, renewal, contemplation, […]
Since 2003, Opera Bites Co-Founder Murray Dahm has delivered accessible, friendly and informative lectures, drawing on its history, culture and music. Enjoy exploring a variety of areas of operatic history from […]
Award-winning jazz singer Michelle Nicolle and acclaimed composer and pianist Paul Grabowsky unveil the hidden poetry within beloved ballads by artists such as Frank Sinatra and Cole Porter, transforming familiar […]
A Concert Tour 18-21 June 2026 A Winter Solstice | Fantasies, Nocturnes & Lullabies for Cello & Piano is an intimate concert for cello and piano featuring reflective classical and contemporary repertoire presented in a candle-lit setting. The program includes works by Australian, French, Nordic, and Russian composers and explores themes of stillness, renewal, contemplation, […]
Two soundworlds collide: 18th century Paris & 21st century Tasman Peninsula. Historical flautist Meredith Beardmore takes her flutes through unexpected terrains. Her recent release The Long Blue Horizon was created on the Tasman Peninsula. Inspired by the extraordinary landscape of the peninsula, the album combines historical flutes and field recordings. In this intimate concert, Meredith […]
A program of pulse and poetry, rhythm and resonance, this concert showcases the daring artistry and genre-defying imagination that define Ensemble Offspring — where every sound is alive, and every silence charged with possibility. Two powerhouse musicians from one of Australia’s most trailblazing ensembles — Ensemble Offspring — join forces in a thrilling program for […]
A celebration of light, darkness and the shifting skies above us, Sun, Moon and Stars traces a radiant choral arc from dawn to dusk and back again. With works exploring love, loss, longing and the turning of the earth, this evocative program features music inspired by the solstice, the sun and the Australian landscape and […]
A Concert Tour 18-21 June 2026 A Winter Solstice | Fantasies, Nocturnes & Lullabies for Cello & Piano is an intimate concert for cello and piano featuring reflective classical and contemporary repertoire presented in a candle-lit setting. The program includes works by Australian, French, Nordic, and Russian composers and explores themes of stillness, renewal, contemplation, […]
20 June 2026- 7:00pm Lux Aeterna A poignant, hopeful sequence of sacred music from across the centuries Award-winning British vocal ensemble The Gesualdo Six present a poignant, hopeful sequence of sacred music containing radiant choral writing from across the centuries. Highlights include Tallis’ polyphonic masterpiece, In jejunio et fletu, alongside the astonishing harmonies of Gesualdo in Plange quasi virgo. […]
In the hands of Romantics like Bruckner and Brahms, music became increasingly expressive, harmonically inventive, passionate, theatrical. In the twentieth century, composers like Herbert Howells, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Amy Beach and Samuel Barber resisted the atonality and serialism embraced by their contemporaries and continued to explore the rich extremes of lush harmony and sweeping melodies. […]
20 June 2026- 7:00pm Lux Aeterna A poignant, hopeful sequence of sacred music from across the centuries Award-winning British vocal ensemble The Gesualdo Six present a poignant, hopeful sequence of sacred music containing radiant choral writing from across the centuries. Highlights include Tallis’ polyphonic masterpiece, In jejunio et fletu, alongside the astonishing harmonies of Gesualdo in Plange quasi virgo. […]
A Concert Tour 18-21 June 2026 A Winter Solstice | Fantasies, Nocturnes & Lullabies for Cello & Piano is an intimate concert for cello and piano featuring reflective classical and contemporary repertoire presented in a candle-lit setting. The program includes works by Australian, French, Nordic, and Russian composers and explores themes of stillness, renewal, contemplation, […]
Thomas Adès' Alchymia has been hailed as one of the best chamber music compositions of the time. Inspired by the music of Shakespearean England, but with a voice all of […]
Thomas Adès' Alchymia has been hailed as one of the best chamber music compositions of the time. Inspired by the music of Shakespearean England, but with a voice all of […]
Tudor music meets winter celebration from the 13th century to the present, featuring Tomás Luis de Victoria’s mass and motet O magnum mysterium. From reflective midwinter stillness to festive revelry, The Tudor Choristers presents a lovely and varied exploration of the season’s beauty and mystery in song. Inspired by the famous mediæval round “Sumer is […]
Two Piano Recitals on Structure, Memory, and Collapse Restless Forms is a contemporary classical piano recital by Luke Zhang and Sean Kim exploring instability, transformation, and the search for artistic […]
Since 2003, Opera Bites Co-Founder Murray Dahm has delivered accessible, friendly and informative lectures, drawing on its history, culture and music. Enjoy exploring a variety of areas of operatic history from […]
Thomas Adès' Alchymia has been hailed as one of the best chamber music compositions of the time. Inspired by the music of Shakespearean England, but with a voice all of […]
Circus meets symphony The intensity is turned up as the beauty and precision of classical music meet the daring physical mastery of circus. When these two disciplines collide, tradition isn’t […]
Circus meets symphony The intensity is turned up as the beauty and precision of classical music meet the daring physical mastery of circus. When these two disciplines collide, tradition isn’t […]
In The Heart Of The Night was born in a studio by the sea by Catherine Traicos and her long-time collaborator and confidante Nick Huggins. The pull of the tides, the […]
Something extraordinary is coming to Manly this winter. The Sydney Chamber Music Festival returns to Manly Art Gallery and Museum on 27–28 June, with four unmissable concerts featuring some of […]
The Organ Music Society of Sydney presents its biennial Winter Organ Festival which includes a masterclass with Vincent Dubois, organiste Titulaire Nôtre-Dame de Paris, workshops, organ visits and recitals. […]
Tudor music meets winter celebration from the 13th century to the present, featuring Tomás Luis de Victoria’s mass and motet O magnum mysterium. From reflective midwinter stillness to festive revelry, The Tudor Choristers presents a lovely and varied exploration of the season’s beauty and mystery in song. Inspired by the famous mediæval round “Sumer is […]
An original composition by acclaimed composer Ian Munro based on the children’s book written by Jodie McLeod and illustrated by Eloise Short, Leonard the Lyrebird is a popular Australian bush animal story […]
Circus meets symphony The intensity is turned up as the beauty and precision of classical music meet the daring physical mastery of circus. When these two disciplines collide, tradition isn’t […]
2026 is the 42nd year the Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra (KPO) has run the NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition. 6 individual finalists in the 2026 NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition and will perform their selected concerto with orchestra on Sunday 28 June, competing for prizes and opportunities in this prestigious annual event. The competition is open […]
Circus meets symphony The intensity is turned up as the beauty and precision of classical music meet the daring physical mastery of circus. When these two disciplines collide, tradition isn’t […]
Slow down your Sunday afternoon with one of Australia’s most expressive and internationally celebrated pianists. Join Andrea Lam, ARIA Award winner and star of ABC’s The Piano, for a program […]
Experience an unforgettable afternoon of world-class orchestral music FREE OF CHARGE when two of America's leading youth orchestras perform in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House. The 120-piece Greater […]
In July, the Emerging Artist Concert Series features soprano Mackenzie Lawrence with acclaimed pianist-composer John Martin. Together they present a program exploring the richness, humour, and dramatic range of vocal music. Spanning art song, opera, and comic repertoire, the concert features music by Hugo Wolf, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Gioachino Rossini, Giacomo Meyerbeer, alongside the wit of Flanders […]
Since 2003, Opera Bites Co-Founder Murray Dahm has delivered accessible, friendly and informative lectures, drawing on its history, culture and music. Enjoy exploring a variety of areas of operatic history from […]
Bohemian Composers in Vienna Join the Australian Haydn Ensemble (AHE) for the second 2026 series of 18th Century Unpacked—our interactive lecture recitals designed to deepen your connection with our mainstage touring programs. Journey into the vibrant musical world of late 18th-century Vienna as we explore the works of the many Bohemian composers who lived and […]
The 2026 Keys of Gold Festival Launch Concert, in the historic Lauriston Chapel at Langley Estate, brings together a glorious program of operatic favourites with renowned soprano Merlyn Quaife AM […]
Now based in Paris, Tasmanian pianist Sarah Cabrol-Douat is returning to perform at Tempo Rubato, Melbourne. The program includes works of Mozart, Schubert and Scriabin PROGRAM W.A.MOZART Sonata no. 12 […]
Magnificent. Dynamic. Sublime. The Creation is an absolute tonic – invigorating music that’s been lifting spirits since 1798! According to Brett Weymark, it’s easily the best thing Haydn ever wrote and it’s a joy to sing. It’s also a joy to hear – music by a composer at the peak of his genius, bringing every […]
Join the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra on a thrilling journey of musical discovery, featuring selections from two of Mussorgsky’s best-loved works, in a delightful one-hour concert for the young and young at heart. Marvel at how the symphony orchestra uses incredible colours to produce chilling, electrifying, wondrous and exciting moments in Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain, one […]
Stroll through Mussorgsky’s musical art gallery with Dr Nicholas Milton AM and the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra in an unforgettable concert of Russian classics. Ravel’s colourful orchestration of Mussorgsky’s piano masterpiece Pictures at an Exhibition breathes magic into the composer’s musical depictions of artworks from the majestic Old Castle to Baba Yaga’s quirky Hut on Hen’s Legs. Star pianist Avan […]
Stroll through Mussorgsky’s musical art gallery with Dr Nicholas Milton AM and the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra in an unforgettable concert of Russian classics. Ravel’s colourful orchestration of Mussorgsky’s piano masterpiece Pictures at an Exhibition breathes magic into the composer’s musical depictions of artworks from the majestic Old Castle to Baba Yaga’s quirky Hut on Hen’s Legs. Star pianist Avan […]
Long live The King (of Instruments) - as the great Mozart called the pipe organ! And then Beethoven famously said that "Organists are the greatest of all virtuosos"! The recently […]
Prepare to be kissed by a fairy, haunted by a dream and transformed by music when Canadian virtuoso violinist Leila Josefowicz and fellow-Canadian pianist John Novacek bring their fantastical tales […]