It’s a Saturday evening in summer. You’re sitting in a park with family and friends, and a fabulous picnic dinner. The picture is complete when the glorious live music from Opera Australia begins.

Hear our brightest stars, under the stars, sing opera's most famous arias with the magnificent backing of Orchestra Victoria.

Dress up — or not — it's your night to enjoy the power of the human voice in the kind of communal, cultural celebration Melbourne loves best.

Opera Australia mount their first-ever production of one of the great operas of the 20th century - Bartók’s powerful psychodrama Bluebeard’s Castle.

This new production of  new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary musical The Phantom of the Opera makes its Sydney Opera House debut. Presented by Opera Australia and the Really Useful Group in association with Cameron Mackintosh

Featuring numbers such as Music of the Night, Think of Me and All I Ask of You, Masquerade and the well-known title song. This spectacular new production that has stunned critics across the United Kingdom and North America. It features a brand new scenic design by Paul Brown, lighting design by Tony Award winner Paule Constable, new choreography by Scott Ambler and the original, Tony Award-winning costume design by Maria Björnson.

The Phantom of the Opera haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera House. He’s man and mystery, a deformed genius. And in Christine Daae, he’s found his angel of music: the young woman he would make a star. But how many lives will he sacrifice to make the music of the night?

Prices and bookings at the Sydney Opera House website