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Puccini - the White Hat guideWe are in the process of preparing a comprehensive listening guide for classical music. Please return again soon.
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La Bohème
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Opera Australia presents
Puccini's opera
La Bohème. In this
production, created by director Simon Phillips, Opera Australia is proud
to present a Bohème for now – just as romantic, just as true, but
with the immediacy and edge of a contemporary setting, and some of Opera
Australia's finest young artists. Relive the romance as Rodolfo sings
Che gelida manina, revel in Musetta's showstopping waltz and let
Puccini's unerring instinct for melody win your heart. The irresistible
Hye Seoung Kwon opens in the role of Mimì and exciting young tenor Aldo
Di Toro is her Rodolfo. Antoinette Halloran and Warren Mok take their
places later in the season. The band of bohemians includes José Carbó,
Warwick Fyfe and Jud Arthur. Amelia Farrugia and Taryn Fiebig share the
show-stopping role of Musetta and Maestro Giovanni Reggioli conducts.
Sung in Italian with English surtitles.
1pm on 23 February & 5 March 2008
7.30pm on 23, 25 & 30 January; 4, 6, 9, 14, 16 & 21 February; 5, 14 & 20
March 2008
1pm on 18 October 2008
7.30pm on 14, 20, 22, 25, 27 & 29 October 2008
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Sydney Opera House
Dinner and opera package for La bohème. Be warned - These
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Turandot
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Opera Queensland's production of
Puccini's
Turandot is brought to the
stage by one of Australia's boldest interpreters, Graeme Murphy. The Forbidden
City of ancient Peking is full of colour and movement, boasting spectacular sets
and costumes only matched by Puccini’s glorious score, including the
unforgettable Nessun dorma, one of the most-recorded arias in the opera
canon. We welcome back American soprano Cynthia Makris as Turandot and Badri
Maisuradze as the persistent Calaf.
7.30pm, 18, 23, 25 & 28 October 2008
6.30pm, 30 October 2008
1.30pm, 1 November 2008 |
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Opera Gala 2008
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Grainger Quartet - Night at the Opera
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In the third concert of their 2008 series, the Grainger Quartet perform:
- Berg String
Quartet op 3
- Mozart String
Quartet in E flat major, KV 428
- Puccini
Crisantemi
- Verdi String
Quartet in E minor
7pm, Tuesday 4 November 2008,
City Recital Hall,
Angel Place, Sydney
7pm, Thursday 6 November 2008,
Ian Hanger Recital Hall,
Queensland Conservatorium, Southbank, Brisbane
7pm, Saturday 8 November 2008,
Elder Hall, University of Adelaide
7pm, Tuesday 11 November 2008,
Collins Street Baptist Church, Melbourne |
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Madama Butterfly
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Opera Australia present
Puccini's opera Madama
Butterfly. Moffatt Oxenbould's classic production, designed by Peter England
and Russell Cohen, captures the grace and delicacy of Puccini's exquisite
creation. Translucent bamboo screens, red silk and balletic graces define an
imagined world for an all too real story, and the vivid colours are echoed by
the tantalisingly evocative music and melting arias of this glorious romance.
Nicole Youl broke hearts in her Sydney debut as Cio-Cio-San. She now brings her
moving interpretation of Madama Butterfly to Melbourne. She is joined by
Sally-Anne Russell in the role of Suzuki and Rosario La Spina as the fickle
Pinkerton. And to conduct, Opera Australia welcomes back Taiwanese conductor and
Puccini-expert, Shao-Chia Lu. Performed in Italian with English surtitles.
1pm on 22 November 2008 and 7.30pm on 11, 15, 19, 26 & 19
November 2008 and 4, 6, 9 & 13 December 2008 |
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Selected international performances of the music of Puccini
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Collegium Musicum
presents
100 years (1908- 2008)
National Opera Sofia |
Turandot
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