About the eventExplore a season full of highlights, charting a course
through love and passion and despair (this is opera, after all). You
can laugh and revel in extraordinary talent, or gasp your way through
ghost stories. Build your own subscription with your choice of operas
and dates. You can include whatever you like, from West Side Story on
Sydney Harbour to favourites like Madama Butterfly and La Bohème.2019
Shows:West Side Story on Sydney HarbourThe landmark musical takes the
iconic harbour stage in a swirl of dance, romance and Broadway
classics.La BohèmeThe original Bohemian love story, set among the
fishnets and fairy lights of 1930s Berlin.Madama ButterflyThe
world’s most famous love story in a bold new production by
choreographer Graeme Murphy.TurandotA prince pursues an ice-cold
princess in a stunning opera full of riddles and intrigue. (It’s the
one with ‘Nessun dorma’.)The Marriage of FigaroExquisite period
sets and costumes feature in this Downton Abbey-style comedy where
servants get the better of their masters.WhiteleyThe talents and
troubles of iconic Australian artist Brett Whiteley inspire a brand
new Australian opera from the incomparable Elena Kats-Chernin. Anna
BolenaKing Henry VIII tries to rid himself of Anne Boleyn in this
historical drama with some of Donizetti’s best music.West Side
StoryHailed as the greatest Broadway musical of all time, the genius
of West Side Story's creators is unquestioned. Ghost
SonataStrindberg’s haunting play gets the operatic treatment in
Reimann’s evocative chamber opera, set in a house where nothing is
as it seems.In Concert: Andrea ChénierHear the world’s greatest
tenor, Jonas Kaufmann in this concert performance (no sets or
costumes) of a passionate French Revolution love story. Il Viaggio a
ReimsA frivolous excuse for a huge cast of fabulous singers to knock
your socks off. This playful production features the world’s most
famous artworks.SalomeLust, violence and religious fervor all have
their moments in this short, compelling opera about the worst of human
nature.WozzeckVisual artist William Kentridge transforms a 20th
century operatic masterpiece into a must-see meeting of art, opera and
theatre.WertherThe ultimate Romantic opera about unrequited love. Pure
passion and brilliant voices.
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