The White Hat Guide to Opera in Melbourne & Victoria
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What's on in Melbourne
Moonlight Cinema in the Royal Botanic Gardens - Don Giovanni
Watch a movie in the night air in the magical surroundings of Melbourne's
Royal Botanic Gardens. Tickets from $18/$16/$14 plus booking fee. Full details and bookings at
Moonlight Cinema. Entry is from Gate D on Birdwood Avenue (near the
intersection of Domain Road), South Yarra. Gates open at 7pm in December,
January and February, 6.30pm in March and screenings start at sundown. Food and
drink available together with a full bar on site. Tonight's movie is Don Giovanni
A concert version of Melbourne Opera Company's production of The Merry
Widow. White Hat suggests it would difficult to find a more magical setting
than the Royal Botanic Gardens under the stars to listen the song of Vilja - the
nymph of the woods - together with the host of other melodies from this much
loved operetta. full details and booking information at
Opera Under the Stars.
Enjoy a wonderful night of
Mozart’s best known arias from operas including The Magic Flute, Cosi Fan Tutte, The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni. White Hat
suggests that a night of Mozart under the stars in the Royal Botanic Gardens
could be a perfect romantic outing - provided you keep an eye your partner.
Ladies may find that inspired by Don Giovanni their gentleman friend has
disappeared with another woman before the end of the night. And a pair of
gentlemen heading off to buuy drinks for their girlfriends at interval could
come back and find them, inspired by Fiordiligi and Dorabella,
already hooked up with two other men. Full details and booking information at
Mozart by Moonlight.
In
the early 17th century, Claudio
Monteverdi was one of of a handful of Italian composers pioneering a new
form of music drama which we know now as opera. His
L'Orfeo is one of the earliest
operas ever written and , in White Hat's opinion, still one of the best. It
calls on the full palette of the Renaissance orchestra as well as the virtuoso
vocal techniques of the time. This performance presents one of the rare
opportunities to hear it in Australia performed with period instruments. Markus
Brutscher fro will perform m Germany) Orfeo with international and
Australian guest artists and the
Australian
Brandenburg Orchestra (Artistic Director and conductor Paul Dyer)
These events are ones which have run in the past and we expect to run in the future. As yet we do not have confirmed details, dates and contact details. To be informed of those details when they become available you can subscribe to our newsletter "Great things to do in Melbourne".
Opera in the Alps
Enjoy a relaxing evening of fine food, wine and classical favourites under the stars, in the picturesque grounds of LaTrobe at Beechworth.
These events are ones which have run in the past and we expect to run in the future. As yet we do not have confirmed details, dates and contact details. To be informed of those details when they become available you can subscribe to our newsletter "Great things to do in Melbourne".
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In
the early 17th century, 
