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The White Hat Guide to the Sydney Opera House
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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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Dinner and opera package for La bohème. Be warned - These
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The Pearlfishers
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Opera Australia presents
Bizet's opera
The Pearlfishers
including one of the famous duet, In the depths of the temple,
performed by Michael Lewis as Zurga with Henry Choo making his role
debut as Nadir. This intricate and visually captivating production,
created by Ann-Margret Pettersson, casts a knowing light on the
nineteenth-century imaginings of ancient Ceylon. As for Bizet's music,
it overflows with dramatic energy and lyricism. After her success as
Lakmé, Leanne Kenneally gives voice to the impossibly beautiful Léïla,
while once again conductor Emmanuel Joel-Hornak brings Bizet's rich and
subtle score to life. Sung in French with English surtitles.
1pm, 27 September 2008 and 7.30pm 4, 6, 9, 13, 17, 20,
23 & 25 September 2008 and 3, 9 & 11 October 2008
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Billy Budd
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Opera Australia present's
Britten's opera
Billy Budd. Benjamin
Britten's adaptation of Herman Melville's novella portrays the nuances
and brutal realities of Captain Vere's moral maze with piercing clarity.
Using a huge orchestral palette and an all-male cast, he creates a score
which is so simple, so evocative and yet, when the time comes, so
overwhelming. Neil Armfield's acclaimed production returns under the
expert baton of Richard Hickox and with a dream cast. Teddy Tahu Rhodes
takes the title role for the first time, with John Wegner as
black-hearted Claggart and after his unforgettable performances in
Death in Venice we are thrilled to welcome back that outstanding
interpreter of Britten's music, Philip Langridge as Captain Vere.
Performed in English with surtitles. A co-production with Welsh National
Opera.
7.30pm on 24, 27 & 30 September 2008; 4, 8, 13 & 16
October 2008
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The Makropulous Secret
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Opera Australia present
Janácek's opera
The Makropulous Secret
(often translated as The Makropulous Case or The Makropulous
Affair).
She is tired. She is world-weary. And she is utterly, eternally
beautiful. The beguiling heroine of Janácek's penultimate opera is a
vivid portrait of Kamila Stösslova, the woman he was obsessed with for
ten long years. Clever, manipulative, coquettish and, ultimately,
tragic, this mysterious woman has drifted through so many people's
lives, leaving a trail of broken hearts and unanswered questions.
Meanwhile, her quest for a three-hundred-year-old prize grows ever more
urgent. Who is she, and what is her secret? Cheryl Barker was
devastating in Neil Armfield's production of
Jenůfa in 2006. She now
returns to make her Australian role debut as the chilling, thrilling
Elina Makropulos. Joining her as Albert Gregor comes Peter Wedd, who
made such an impressive debut as Laca in Jenůfa, Catherine Carby
as Kristina, Andrew Goodwin as Janek and the redoubtable John Pringle in
the role of Jaroslav Prus. Completing the award winning team is Opera
Australia's Music Director Richard Hickox, who will conduct Janácek's
elusive, lyrical score. Performed in English with surtitles.
1pm on 11 October 2008
7.30pm on 7, 15, 18, 21 & 24 October 2008
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A Tribute to Duke Ellington
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Australia’s leading jazzmen James Morrison and Joe Chindamo join the Sydney
Symphony in a celebration of the music of the one and only Duke Ellington, with
new arrangements of evergreen favourites and a selection of Ellington’s
orchestral music. The James Morrison Quartet: James Morrison (trumpet), Joe
Chindamo (piano), Phil Stack (bass) and John Morrison drums. |
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Elgar Festival - Elgar's Cello Concerto
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The Sydney Symphony with Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor) and Jian Wang (cello)
perform:
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The Elgar Festival - The Spirit of Delight: Elgar 2
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The Sydney Symphony with Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor) and Lilli Paasikivi
(mezzo-soprano) perform:
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The Elgar Festival - Elgar's Enigmas
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The Sydney Symphony with Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor) and James Ehnes
(violin) perform:
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Australian Chamber Orchestra - Euphoric
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The Australian Chamber Orchestra with Richard Tognetti (Artistic Director and
Lead Violin) and Timo-Veikko Valve (Cello) perform:
- Prokofiev
Classical Symphony, Op.25 (Symphony No.1)
- Brahms Concerto
for Violin and Cello, Op.102, in A minor
- Beethoven
Symphony No.8, Op.93 in F major
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Stravinsky’s Petrushka
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The Sydney Symphony with Lothar Zagrosek (conductor) and Michele Campanella
(piano) perform:
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Viennese Classics - Beethoven, Mozart & Schubert
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The Sydney Symphony with Lothar Zagrosek (conductor) and Diana Doherty (oboe)
perform a program of music from composers sometimes referred to as belonging to
the 'First Viennese
School':
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