Sydney Season 2019
SYDNEY SEASON 2019
PATRON-IN-CHIEF DR HARUHISA HANDA New Year’s Eve at the Sydney Opera House
Welcome to The best New Year’s Eve of your life is waiting at the Sydney Opera House this summer. Put on some bling, kick up your heels Package options our 2019 Season and head out the door. Leave the crowds Add pre-performance dinner and / behind as you stroll towards the sails. or the Midnight Party when you book your tickets for the Opera Gala or See the romantic La Bohème or a gala La Bohème. Within the hubbub and the incessant white noise that concert of opera hits, and enjoy drinks pervades contemporary life, a beautiful sound or an achingly or a wonderful meal overlooking Pre-Performance Dinner $399 emotional melody provides us with momentary respite. Sydney Harbour as you count down Look out over Sydney Harbour as you to the festival of fire. dine on a three-course menu, matched When a profound text is illuminated by astonishingly with premium wines and beverages in beautiful singing, we find that we have been transported The Opera Gala Then watch the fireworks the whole the Northern Foyer from 5:30pm. to another plane of emotional existence. 31 December 2018 world wants to see from the best vantage at 7:45pm point in Sydney — through the glass-fronted Midnight Party $349 This is the essence of great art. Concert Hall Sydney Opera House sails of the Sydney Opera House. Canapés, drinks and live entertainment, When we feel that we are the only person in the theatre or with views of the spectacular midnight We’ve done all the planning for you, that the artist on stage is singing only to us, we find a solace Conductor fireworks on Sydney Harbour. Brian Castles-Onion so you can relax and enjoy the memories and an experience that we treasure. you’re making. Platinum Package $1,422 There will be moments in this year of opera that will speak Starring Pre-performance dinner, Platinum Natalie Aroyan There’s nowhere in the world like Sydney to us in this extremely special way and allow us to be part seats at the performance of your Lorina Gore on New Year’s Eve, and there’s nowhere closer of an experience that happens rarely in our daily lives. Sian Pendry choice, a program, drink at interval, to the action than Sydney Opera House. Diego Torre and the Midnight Party. If we allow ourselves to be open to the embrace of music and José Carbó So go on, make this your most glamorous text, which is the essence of opera, we are able to transcend If you don’t have tickets to the Midnight Party, Opera Australia Orchestra New Year ever. there are a limited number of outdoor viewing the white noise and experience the majestic purity of great art. areas you’ll be able to access following the From Giacomo Puccini to Elena Kats-Chernin, there will Love talking about opera? La Bohème performance. Please note that these spaces 31 December 2018 are limited and cannot be guaranteed. be music that touches your soul and singing that will astonish Sign up for our e-newsletter at 7:45pm Some fireworks can be viewed from the you with its beauty, power and emotion. at opera.org.au and join the Joan Sutherland Theatre Southern Foyers inside the Sydney Opera conversation on Facebook, Sydney Opera House I’m very much looking forward to sharing these extraordinary House at midnight, but you may not have Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. See page 4 for details moments with you as we experience the surprising simplicity a view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. that can be found in the great operas you will be able to enjoy If you would like to be this coming year. sent a copy of the text I look forward to your company, in this brochure printed Lyndon in a larger font, please phone (02) 9318 8200.
Comm. Lyndon Terracini AM Artistic Director
1 | 2 With the flickering of a candle, love sparks. Two hands meet in the dark and four friends’ lives are changed forever.
Conductor Benjamin Northey (Dec 31–Jan 12) Nicholas Milton (Jan 17–Feb 8) Dane Lam Schaunard (from 16 Mar) Shane Lowrencev Director Colline Gale Edwards Teddy Tahu Rhodes Revival Director Benoît Hugh Halliday Graeme Macfarlane Set Designer Alcindoro Brian Thomson Adrian Tamburini Costume Designer Officer Julie Lynch Clifford Plumpton Lighting Designer Sergeant John Rayment Malcolm Ede Assistant Director Parpignol Liesel Badorrek Nara Lee (until Jan 12) The way first love grabs hold and floods Mimì Benjamin Rasheed you with something you’ve never felt Joyce El-Khoury (from Jan 17) before. The fire that burns the first time (Dec 31; Jan 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 17, 19) Opera Australia Chorus jealousy flares. The growing up you do Maija Kovalevska Opera Australia Children’s Chorus in the instant that you realise love can’t (Jan 2, 4, 9, 11, 21, 23, 31; Opera Australia Orchestra last forever. Puccini takes these achingly Feb 2, 5, 8; Mar 16, 20, human feelings and sets them to music — 22, 25, 28) Sydney Opera House Rodolfo music that soars with the ecstasy of love, Ivan Magrì New Year’s Eve at 7:45pm crackles with the pain of jealousy and (Dec 31; Jan 3, 5, 8, 31 December 2018 cries with the agony of loss. 10, 12, 17, 19) Diego Torre Evenings at 7:30pm Some human emotions are too big for (Jan 2, 4, 9, 11, 21, 23, 31; Jan 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, words alone, and for that, we have music. Feb 2, 5, 8; Mar 16, 20, 11, 12, 17, 19, 21, 23, 31 22, 25, 28) Feb 2, 5, 8 La Bohème exposes your soul to the Musetta Mar 20, 22, 25, 28 feelings that only music can express. Anna Princeva (Dec 31; Jan 3, 5, 8, Saturday matinee at 1pm Gale Edwards’ glittering production 10, 12, 17, 19, 21, 23) Mar 16 is set among the fishnets and fairy lights Julie Lea Goodwin La (Jan 2, 4, 9, 11, 31; Please note: of 1930s bohemian Berlin. Feb 2, 5, 8) this production contains Two brilliant casts share the season Lorina Gore partial nudity. led by three Australian conductors. (from Mar 16) Marcello Running time: Joyce El-Khoury and Ivan Magrì make Samuel Dundas approximately 2 hours their Australian debuts as Mimì and (Dec 31; Jan 3, 5, 8, and 15 minutes, Bohème Rodolfo, alongside the return of audience 10, 12, 17, 19, 21, 23) including one interval. PUCCINI favourites Anna Princeva, Samuel Dundas, Luke Gabbedy (Jan 2, 4, 9, 11, 31; Sung in Italian with Maija Kovalevska, DiegoPUCCINI Torre, Julie Lea Feb 2, 5, 8; Mar 16, English and Simplified Goodwin, Luke Gabbedy and Lorina Gore. 20, 22, 25, 28) Chinese surtitles.
Photo: Lorina Gore & Andrew Jones (Lisa Tomasetti) 3 | 4 Torture and death mean nothing. Freedom means everything. TURANDOT Can the princess win her heart’s desire? PUCCINI
When Pavarotti sang out the top B Turandot is a fantasy opera of poetry Conductor Turandot Sydney Opera House in Puccini’s ‘Nessun dorma’ across a and myth, set in an exotic world where Christian Badea Amber Wagner huge crowd at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, fear and love go hand in hand and (until Feb 16) (until Feb 16) Evenings at 7:30pm Tahu Matheson Dragana Radakovic Jan 15, 18, 24, 29 the world collectively held its breath. death is always just around the corner. (from Feb 20) (from Feb 20) Feb 1, 4, 7, 13, 16, 20, A generation of football fans were ‘Nessun dorma’ is just one of its Director & Calàf 23, 27 learning what opera was all about — magnificent moments. Choreographer Andeka Gorrotxategi Mar 1, 5, 8, 12, 16, 19, Graeme Murphy 23, 27 music that can transport you to another (until Feb 1; from Feb 27) Renowned conductor Christian Badea Revival Director Yonghoon Lee world, another place, a place where returns to conduct a thrilling cast: Amber Kim Walker (Feb 4–23) Saturday matinees emotion wells up inside you at the Set & Costume Liù at 1pm Wagner as the ice princess with Andeka sound of a single note. Designer Hyeseoung Kwon Feb 9 Gorrotxategi as the man determined Kristian Fredrikson Timur Mar 30 “Vincerò”, the tenor cries — to win her heart. Later in the season, Lighting Designer Richard Anderson John Drummond Pong Running time: “I will win! I will WIN!” Dragana Radakovic and Yonghoon Lee Montgomery John Longmuir approximately are Turandot and Calàf. Hyeseoung Kwon Truthfully, few of the millions of people Assistant Director Pang 2 hours and 45 minutes, reprises her touching turn as Liù. Matthew Barclay Virgilio Marino including two intervals. who watched that broadcast had an Ping inkling of what the power of that music Christopher Hillier Sung in Italian can be. Few had seen Turandot — Emperor with English Puccini’s opera about a brutal princess Graeme Macfarlane and Simplified Mandarin Chinese surtitles. and an impossibly brave suitor, who Andrew Moran will make any sacrifice to win her love. Photo: (Georges Antoni, Simon Rae) Opera Australia Chorus Children’s Chorus: Gondwana Choirs Opera Australia Orchestra
5 | 6 NEW PRODUCTION Man is an abyss. When you look down inside, the head reels...
Wozzeck Sydney Opera House Michael Honeyman Marie Evenings at 7:30pm Woz ze c k Lorina Gore Jan 25, 30 BERG The Drum-Major Feb 6, 9, 12, 15 John Daszak The Captain Saturday matinee at 1pm To coincide with Wozzeck, Wozzeck is running, always running, Kentridge’s haunting illustrations offer a window John Longmuir Feb 2 William Kentridge will give a talk with his shadow in pursuit. into the carnage of Wozzeck’s world. Charcoal Doctor at the Sydney Opera House on drawings fill the stage, frenetic scribbles are Richard Anderson Running time: 22 January. There will also be He is poor, and he is weary. He is used, Conductor Margret approximately 1 hour exhibitions of Kentridge’s work illuminated and then erased, as we wonder, and used up. He is a brute, ruled by brutes. Andrea Molino Dominica Matthews and 40 minutes, at the Art Gallery of NSW with Wozzeck, what is real. Director Andres with no interval. and Annandale Galleries. And now his mind is imploding. William Kentridge Virgilio Marino At its Salzburg premiere, The New York Times Co-Director 1st Apprentice Sung in German with Visit opera.org.au/kentridge Berg’s fascinating opera is a portrait of a recorded the audience “seemed stunned at Luc De Wit Adrian Tamburini English surtitles. for details. ravaged man, drawn with vivid clarity through the end, yet grateful”. The Telegraph called Set Designer 2nd Apprentice Sabine Theunissen Sitiveni Talei A co-production between unsettling music and sharp, structured scenes. it “completely enthralling ”, Costume Designer Madman Salzburg Festival, Opera the Financial Times labelled it “a breathtaking One of the most exciting visual artists Greta Goiris Shanul Sharma Australia, the Metropolitan reassessment of Berg’s masterpiece … a work Lighting Designer Tenor Solo Opera, New York, and the of our generation, William Kentridge, directs of art across many genres.” Urs Schönebaum Brad Cooper Canadian Opera Company, and illustrates this extraordinary production, Projection Designer Puppeteer / Actor Toronto. a collaboration between Opera Australia, After his triumph in King Roger in 2017, Catherine Meyburgh Andrea Fabi PRINCIPAL PATRONS PRODUCTION PARTNER IN ASSOCIATION WITH the Metropolitan Opera, Salzburg Festival baritone Michael Honeyman tackles another Video Operator Kim Gunning Opera Australia Chorus and the Canadian Opera Company. major 20th-century title role, alongside a Assistant Director Opera Australia Children’s Chorus Catriona and talented cast led by Andrea Molino as conductor. Constantine Costi Opera Australia Orchestra Simon Mordant AM
Photo: (Ruth Walz) 7 | 8 Werther loves with thrilling intensity. But passion blooms into a dangerous obsession when the young poet discovers his love can never be realised. Goethe’s powerful novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther, moved the world upon its release in 1774. Young men cried their anguish into tiny glass vials and carried around their tears to prove the depth of their emotions. They wore the poet’s signature clothes, and a few lovelorn souls even followed his path, seeking death over a life without love. In the ultimate Romantic opera, Massenet’s rich score magnifies the drama and emotion of the story. Werther falls hopelessly in love with Charlotte in lyrical, melodious phrases. As Charlotte chooses duty over heart, Werther’s turmoil is palpable in restless music that bursts out of an enormous orchestra. The French Werther MASSENET composer’s ability to evoke mood and moment in music is on brilliant display. Any tenor that can master the psycho- logical range and musical difficulty of Werther is guaranteed a new signature role. Young star, Michael Fabiano, is renowned for his intense, character-driven Conductor Sydney Opera House performances. Hear his role debut as Carlo Montanaro Director Evenings at 7:30pm the troubled poet, with acclaimed mezzo- Elijah Moshinsky Feb 22, 26, 28 soprano Elena Maximova as Charlotte Revival Director Mar 2, 4, 7, 11 and Carlo Montanaro as conductor. Constantine Costi Set Designer Saturday matinee Michael Yeargan at 1pm Costume Consultant Mar 9 Sabina Myers Original Lighting Design Running time: Robert Bryan approximately 3 hours, including Werther two intervals. Michael Fabiano Charlotte Sung in French with Elena Maximova English surtitles. Sophie Stacey Alleaume Albert Luke Gabbedy Yearnings spill onto crisp white parchment. Le Bailli Richard Anderson Letters that speak of a love that can never be. Schmidt Ink in place of tears. Nicholas Jones Johann Andrew Moran Brühlmann If love is as strong as death, Andrew Jones Käthchen why tremble before the curtain? Anna Dowsley It will rise and we will pass to the other side… Opera Australia Children’s Chorus Opera Australia Orchestra
Photo: Michael Fabiano (Coral von Zumwalt) 9 | 10 Conductor Fifth Jew Johannes Fritzsch Adrian Tamburini Director Soldier Gale Edwards Gennadi Dubinsky Revival Director Cappadocian Andy Morton Alexander Hargreaves Set Designer Nazarene Brian Thomson Christopher Hillier Costume Designer Julie Lynch Opera Australia Orchestra Lighting Designer John Rayment Sydney Opera House Choreographer Beneath desire, depravity. Kelley Abbey Evenings at 7:30pm Beneath lust, bloodlust. Mar 6, 9, 15, 18, 21, 26 Salome Salome STRAUSS Lise Lindstrom Saturday matinee at 1pm Beneath the veils, Herodias Mar 23 everything is laid bare. Jacqueline Dark Herod Please note: Andreas Conrad this production contains Narraboth strobe lighting effects Paul O’Neill and adult themes; not Jokanaan recommended for children. Alexander Krasnov Page / Slave Running time: Sian Pendry approximately First Jew 1 hour and 40 minutes, Virgilio Marino with no interval. Second Jew Brad Cooper Sung in German with Third Jew English surtitles. Benjamin Rasheed Fourth Jew This production of John Longmuir Salome was commissioned by the Opera Conference, Australia’s national partnership of professional opera companies.
In King Herod’s lurid fantasies, lust has no boundaries and desire no limits. Even his own stepdaughter tempts him, taunts him: Salome, the virgin seductress, an innocent with a taste for blood. Strauss’ taboo-breaking opera strips back Oscar Wilde’s play to its core: a gripping journey to the outer edges of human behaviour. The music is at once ravishing and repellent. Strauss augments an enormous orchestra with organ, harps and celestas. The effect is a web of exotic melodies, enticing rhythms and intriguing dissonance, famously on display in the ‘Dance of the Seven Veils’. Heard live, it is an unforgettable experience. Lise Lindstrom is riveting as Salome, finding fragility and nuance in a role that demands a powerhouse voice and gifted actress.
Photo: (Georges Antoni) 11 | 12 NEW PRODUCTION Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour
West Side Story exploded onto Broadway in 1957 in a sensational storm of exuberant dance and wistful romance. Tonight, tonight It was a phenomenon that never faded, “an incandescent piece of work” the world is wild and bright. (The New York Times). Going mad, shooting sparks into space! The landmark musical combined four of the biggest talents on Broadway: Leonard Bernstein’s sensational As the star-crossed lovers, Maria and Conductor score, Jerome Robbins’ explosive Tony, homegrown stars Julie Lea Goodwin Guy Simpson Director choreography, Arthur Laurent’s and Alexander Lewis reprise the sizzling Francesca Zambello powerful book and newcomer chemistry of their performances together Choreography Stephen Sondheim’s perfect lyrics. in The Merry Widow and The Phantom recreated by of the Opera. Julio Monge In 2019, West Side Story takes the Set Designer iconic stage at Handa Opera on Sydney An all-singing, all-dancing supporting Brian Thomson Harbour. Encounter the wildness of cast takes on Bernstein’s brilliant Costume Designer Jennifer Irwin youth and ecstasy of love as this modern score and Jerome Robbins’ original, Lighting Designer day Romeo and Juliet unfolds under electrifying choreography. John Rayment the starlit city skyline. Renowned director Francesca Zambello Maria ‘Somewhere’ in ‘America’, ‘Something’s teams up with Brian Thomson and Julie Lea Goodwin Coming’, and it might be ‘Tonight’. Jennifer Irwin to create a brand new Tony Alexander Lewis WEST SIDE STORY The Jets and Sharks are rival gangs and production for the harbour-top stage. the city is their playground. They keep Cast to be announced. things ‘Cool’, but when love crosses The Platinum Club BASED ON A CONCEPTION OF JEROME ROBBINS Make your evening extra special — enemy lines and ‘A Boy Like That’ falls Fleet Steps, drink and dine at the Platinum Club: Mrs Macquaries Point, for ‘Maria’, the stage is set for a rumble. an undercover pop-up restaurant BOOK BY MUSIC BY LYRICS BY Sydney and bar with spectacular views ARTHUR LAURENTS LEONARD BERNSTEIN STEPHEN SONDHEIM If you’ve never been to Handa Opera overlooking Sydney Harbour. Evenings at 7:30pm on Sydney Harbour, prepare for a Book by 12 October and enjoy March 22–April 21 remarkable night out. Arrive early to these special, early-bird prices. Tuesday–Sunday, ENTIRE ORIGINAL PRODUCTION DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY enjoy the sun setting over Sydney except Good Friday, JEROME ROBBINS Pre-performance Dinner $199 19 April Harbour as you raise a glass and drink in Pre-performance Buffet $99 the view at one of the five pop-up bars Running time: and restaurants on site. Then take your For menus and more information visit approximately opera.org.au/harbour place in the grandstand by the water to 2 hours and 30 minutes, including one interval. enjoy the enthralling show, complete with live orchestra hidden beneath the The site opens at 5pm. dramatic stage and fireworks in the Arrive early to enjoy our pop-up bars and balmy night air. restaurants.
Performed in English.
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Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia). All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia.
13 | 14 NEW PRODUCTION NEW Madama Butterfly PUCCINI
Pinkerton Andeka Gorrotxategi (Jun 28; Jul 3, 5, 11, 13, 25, 27, 29, 31; Aug 2, 6) Diego Torre (Jun 29; Jul 1, 4, 6, 12, 16, 19, 22; Aug 1, 3, 7, 10) Sharpless Michael Honeyman (until Jul 13; from Jul 29) José Carbó (Jul 16–27) Fluttering beauty, Goro caught and pinned for his pleasure, Virgilio Marino Bonze bound, beautiful still. Teddy Tahu Rhodes Yamadori Christopher Hillier Kate Pinkerton Constrained, cocooned, caught in a Conductor Jane Ede moment of desire, Butterfly is incandescent. Massimo Zanetti Commissioner (until Jul 6) Alexander Hargreaves In her exotic embrace, Pinkerton finds Nicholas Milton paradise, then carelessly condemns his (Jul 11–25, 29, 31; Aug 1) Opera Australia Chorus bride to purgatory. Tahu Matheson Opera Australia Orchestra (Jul 27; from Aug 2) Graeme Murphy’s arresting new production Director Sydney Opera House of Madama Butterfly is a contemporary Graeme Murphy look at Puccini’s alluring heroine. Creative Associate Evenings at 7:30pm Janet Vernon June 28, 29 Fragments of film flutter across the stage, Production Designer Jul 1, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 16, Michael Scott-Mitchell 19, 22, 25, 27, 29, 31 creating a dynamic backdrop for Murphy’s Costume Designer Aug 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10 vision of Butterfly. He draws on his roots Jennifer Irwin in choreography to capture the grace and Lighting Designer Saturday matinees gravity of a tale that begins in rapturous Damien Cooper at 1pm Digital Content Jul 6, 13 love and ends in the cruellest heartbreak. Sean Nieuwenhuis Assistant Director Running time: Puccini’s sublime music imbues this Shane Placentino approximately 2 hours ageless story with impossible beauty, and 45 minutes, from the irrepressible, famous aria Cio-Cio-San including one interval. ‘One fine day’ to the intense finale. Karah Son (Jun 28; Jul 3, 5, 11, Sung in Italian with Two exceptional casts perform throughout 13, 27, 29, 31; Aug 2, 6) English and Simplified Hyeseoung Kwon Chinese surtitles. the season. Karah Son returns to Sydney, (Jun 29; Jul 1, 4, sharing the role of Cio-Cio-San with 6, 12, 16, 19, 22, 25; PRODUCTION PARTNER Hyeseoung Kwon. Aug 1, 3, 7, 10) Suzuki Sian Pendry (Jun 28; Jul 3, 5, 11, 13, 22, 25, 27, 29, 31; Aug 2, 6) PRINCIPAL PATRON Agnes Sarkis (Jun 29; Jul 1, 4, 6, 12, 16, 19; Aug 1, 3, 7, 10)
Photo: Hyeseoung Kwon (Georges Antoni) 15 | 16 Conductor King Henry VIII Renato Palumbo Teddy Tahu Rhodes Director Mark Smeaton Davide Livermore Anna Dowsley Set Designer Lord Rochfort Giò Forma (George Boleyn) Costume Designer Richard Anderson Mariana Fracasso Sir Hervey Lighting Designer John Longmuir John Rayment Digital Content Opera Australia Chorus D-Wok Opera Australia Orchestra Assistant Director Andy Morton Sydney Opera House
Anne Boleyn Evenings at 7:30pm Ermonela Jaho Jul 2, 6, 9, 13, 17, 23, 26 Lord Percy Ho-Yoon Chung Saturday matinee Jane Seymour at 1pm Sonia Ganassi Jul 20 Desire burns in the shadows, Running time: approximately 3 hours rage blazes in the light. and 10 minutes, including one interval.
Sung in Italian with English surtitles. A N N A BOLENA DONIZETTI
Anne Boleyn won the king’s desire first, Ermonela Jaho is that singer, “a fiery his love second, but only an heir could angel” (The Economist) renowned for deliver his loyalty. In a court full of secrets offering her heart and soul up on stage. and spies, the Tudor Queen’s time is “Don’t even try to resist,” warns the running out. Financial Times. This starry cast includes sensational Italian mezzo-soprano Sonia Donizetti’s opera rips the best bits Ganassi making her Australian debut, NEW PRODUCTION NEW from a bloody time in history to create Ho-Yoon Chung as Lord Percy and a thrilling ride through the last days of Teddy Tahu Rhodes as the ruthless, Anne Boleyn’s marriage to King Henry VIII. passionate king. Jealous courtiers and scheming royals have the queen caught fast in a tightening Davide Livermore directs the first trap. And her lady-in-waiting is waiting of a new trilogy of Donizetti’s Tudor indeed, consumed with guilt, to take Queen operas in a production featuring her place on the throne. stunning costumes and his signature high-tech sets. With ardent melodies, fiery singing and acrobatic coloratura, every minute of Anna Bolena is a masterclass in bel canto opera. It depends on a stellar soprano to throw herself into the role.
Photo: (Georges Antoni) 17 | 18 NEW PRODUCTION Composed by Sydney Opera House Elena Kats-Chernin Libretto by Evenings at 7:30pm Justin Fleming Jul 15, 18, 20, 24, 30
Conductor Saturday matinee Tahu Matheson at 1pm Director Jul 27 David Freeman Production Designer Running time: Dan Potra approximately 2 hours, Lighting Designer including one interval. John Rayment Digital Content Sung in English with Sean Nieuwenhuis English surtitles. Assistant Director John Sheedy PRODUCTION PARTNER Consultant Ashleigh Wilson
Cast to be announced.
Opera Australia Chorus Opera Australia Orchestra
He burst onto the international art scene, Kats-Chernin is peerless among contemporary Artist. all golden curls and bravado. He was composers, celebrated for her enormous Rebel. dynamic, damaged, a big idea and a bold output and music that bursts with colour, brush. With the vivacious Wendy on his life and tenderness. Fleming is a respected Icon. arm, Brett Whiteley was magnetic. playwright and librettist whose work is renowned for its warmth, wit and poignancy. He abhorred straight lines, adored drugs, alcohol, women. He worked in vivid Together they’ve created an opera to honour colour and ravishing curves. Heroin was the life and work of a man who could not WhiteleyKATS-CHERNIN AND FLEMING both muse and merciless master. Out of extricate his talent from his demons. this tumultuous life spilled a messy array Production designer Dan Potra’s technology- of brilliant artworks and astonishing driven set is an immersive world created from self-reflection. Whiteley’s most famous paintings. Experience In 2019, this Australian icon meets two of the works of a modern master on moving, Australia’s greatest artists in a brand new larger-than-life screens. work for the Australian stage: Whiteley, by Elena Kats-Chernin and Justin Fleming.
Image: Self portrait in the studio, 1976, Brett Whiteley (© Wendy Whiteley) 19 | 20 Conductor Don Basilio Guillaume Tourniaire Benjamin Rasheed Director Don Curzio Sir David McVicar Graeme Macfarlane Revival Director Barbarina Andy Morton Kate Amos Set & Costume Designer Antonio Jenny Tiramani Adrian Tamburini Lighting Designer 1st Bridesmaid David Finn Phoebe-Celeste Humphreys Count Almaviva 2nd Bridesmaid Andrei Bondarenko Anna Yun (Oct 18, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31; Nov 1, 2) Opera Australia Chorus Shane Lowrencev Opera Australia Orchestra (Oct 22, 26) Countess Sydney Opera House Ekaterina Sadovnikova The (Oct 18, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31; Evenings at 7pm Nov 1, 2) Oct 18, 21, 22, 23, 25, 29, 31; Jane Ede Nov 1, 2 (Oct 22, 26) Figaro Saturday matinee Paolo Bordogna at 12pm (Oct 18, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31; Oct 26 Marriage Nov 1, 2) Andrew Jones Running time: (Oct 22, 26) approximately 3 hours Susanna and 25 minutes, of Stacey Alleaume including one interval. (Oct 18, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31; Nov 1, 2) Sung in Italian with Figaro Julie Lea Goodwin English surtitles. MOZART (Oct 22, 26) Cherubino PRODUCTION PARTNER Anna Dowsley Dr. Bartolo SUSAN & I SAAC WAKIL Richard Anderson F OUNDATION Marcellina Dominica Matthews
Upstairs, downstairs, Mozart’s classic comedy has been Jenny Tiramani’s extraordinary 17th- entertaining crowds for centuries, and century designs clothe the aristocracy inside, outside, between the witty, fast-moving libretto in ravishing silks and the servants in dress-ups and and the melodic, charming writing, cornflower blue. A historical fashion it’s not hard to understand why. specialist, Tiramani’s costumes are dressing downs, all stunning in detail and authentic in Musically, this is the ultimate ensemble in a day’s work. design. David Finn’s radiant lighting opera, with brilliant trios, quartets and streams through vaulted windows even a fantastic sextet. Dramatically, it’s the to light enormous rooms in sunlight opera with everything: lovers and liaisons, and moonbeams as day turns to night. disguises and tricks, lust and laughter. Young soprano Stacey Alleaume The Countess loves the Count, but he’s got continues a thrilling rise with her role designs on his pretty, witty servant Susanna. debut as Susanna. Andrei Bondarenko But it’s Susanna’s wedding day, and Figaro reprises his commanding performance has no plans of giving up his bride. During as Count Almaviva with Russian soprano one crazy day of disguises, duplicity, desire Ekaterina Sadovnikova as the Countess. and utter madness, the Count is going to Paolo Bordogna returns with his world- get his comeuppance. class Figaro, and Guillaume Tourniaire Sir David McVicar’s naturalistic staging is the maestro. opens a “comic cauldron of sex and social politics” (Limelight), where the comedy has a dark, sharp edge.
Photo: Stacey Alleaume & Andrew Jones (Georges Antoni) 21 | 22 Conductor Corinna Barone di Trombonok Antonio Sydney Opera House Running time: Daniel Smith Mariangela Sicilia Warwick Fyfe Christopher Hillier approximately 3 hours Director Contessa di Folleville Lord Sidney Delia Evenings at 7pm and 20 minutes, Damiano Michieletto Emma Pearson Teddy Tahu Rhodes Kathryn Radcliffe Oct 24, 28, 30 including one interval. Revival Director Madama Cortese Don Profondo Modestina A Magritte, a van Gogh Constantine Costi Julie Lea Goodwin Giorgio Caoduro Eva Kong Saturday evening Sung in Italian with Set Designer Marchesa Melibea Don Alvaro Zefirino at 7:30pm English surtitles. and a Goya walk into a gallery… Paolo Fantin Sian Pendry Luke Gabbedy Stuart Haycock Oct 26
NEW PRODUCTION NEW Costume Designer Cavalier Belfiore Don Prudenzio A co-production of the Carla Teti Juan de Dios Mateos Conal Coad Opera Australia Chorus Saturday matinee Dutch National Opera, Lighting Designer Conte di Libenskof Don Luigino Opera Australia Orchestra at 12pm Amsterdam, Opera Alessandro Carletti Shanul Sharma John Longmuir Nov 2 Australia, and Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen.
If Rossini made a showreel of his best In Damiano Michieletto’s playful take, Gaze at the world’s most famous art work, it would sound like Il Viaggio a Reims the eccentric cast of characters find through the magnificent (and thoroughly (The Journey to Reims). The prolific themselves in a gallery filled with the tongue-in-cheek) sets and costumes. composer was unabashedly showing master works of art history. Velázquez’s Paolo Fantin and Carla Teti have recreated IL VIAGGIO off when he wrote this incredible work, enormous dresses jostle for space iconic works with remarkable fidelity. destined to dazzle the aristocracy at the with Keith Haring’s cheerful murals. Young Australian conductor Daniel Smith crowning of Charles X and then disappear Frida Kahlo and van Gogh compare makes his long-awaited debut with Opera forever. The simple plot is a marvellous self-portraits. It’s a surreal world, Australia, bringing his characteristic excuse for a string of fantastic arias and where artworks step out of the frame A REIMS sparkle in the pit to a huge cast of talents. ROSSINI impressive ensemble pieces. and come to life the moment the lights go out. Because it’s so demanding and expensive to stage, it’s never been seen in Australia Delightful, surprising, spectacular before. But in 2019, Rossini’s exultant and frivolous, this co-production with opera finally makes its Australian Dutch National Opera and the Royal premiere, a spectacular vehicle for Danish Theatre is a perfect foil for some of your favourite performers. Rossini’s jubilant score.
Photo: (© Clärchen and Matthias Baus) 23 | 24 Conductor Pinchas Steinberg
Andrea Chénier Jonas Kaufmann Maddalena Eva-Maria Westbroek Carlo Gérard Ludovic Tézier Bersi Sian Pendry Madelon Anna Dowsley The Incredibile Benjamin Rasheed Roucher Richard Anderson Mathieu Luke Gabbedy Contessa di Coigny Dominica Matthews Andrea Chénier is in danger of losing Superstar tenor Jonas Kaufmann The Abbé his head. As France cowers under returns to Australia in one of his most Graeme Macfarlane Fléville the Reign of Terror, the poet is falling celebrated roles. A concert performance Christopher Hillier madly, passionately in love. of Andrea Chénier offers the perfect Fouquier-Tinville / Schmidt showcase for his “dark, liquid tone, which Alexander Hargreaves A gripping story based on true events soars through the music with refined unfolds swiftly in Giordano’s famous Opera Australia Chorus ease and intensity” (The Guardian). A opera, beloved by audiences and Opera Australia Orchestra stellar supporting cast includes Ludovic performers for its magnificent arias, Tézier, one of the world’s greatest Concert Hall tender love story and dramatic music. baritones, and Eva-Maria Westbroek as Sydney Opera House A poet, philosopher and defender of Chénier’s lover, Maddalena, who sings Thursday evening at 7pm the poor, Chénier believes in the ideals the heartbreaking ‘La mamma morta’. Aug 8 of his revolutionary brothers: Liberty! Released from the orchestra pit, and Equality! Fraternity! Now the revolution Sunday matinee at 1pm onto the stage of the Concert Hall, you’ll Aug 11 is over, but La Guillotine hasn’t lost her hear the Opera Australia Orchestra in all taste for blood. The revolutionaries, Running time: their glory, led by renowned conductor once so idealistic, are turning on their approximately 2 hours Pinchas Steinberg, returning after his own to keep her fed. and 20 minutes, captivating Parsifal. including one interval. The life and soul Sung in Italian with English surtitles. of the world is love!
In concert ANDREA CHÉNIER GIORDANO
Photo: Jonas Kaufmann (© Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Classical) 25 | 26 NEW PRODUCTION Director and Opera Australia and GWB Entertainment present Choreographer the BB Group production of Joey McKneely Musical Supervisor Performed at the Sydney Opera House Donald Chan Set Designer Paul Gallis THE ORIGINAL BROADWAY CLASSIC Costume Designer Renate Schmitzer Make-up Designer The moment the curtain went up on A modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet, Hannelore Uhrmacher West Side Story on Broadway in 1957, this tragic love story is set in a New York Sound Designer Matt Grounds musical theatre changed forever. City enveloped by bitter tension between Lighting Designer two teenage gangs: the Jets, self-styled Hailed as the greatest Broadway musical Peter Halbsgut “Americans”, and the Sharks, a group Re-light Designer of all time, the genius of West Side of young Puerto Ricans. Adam Sutton Story’s creators is unquestioned. The remarkable collaboration between The musical’s rapturous songs, vivid Opera Australia Orchestra Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents, drama, passionate dance and rich Sydney Opera House Stephen Sondheim and Jerome Robbins orchestrations coalesce in an enduring produced a timeless masterpiece. work about love versus hate. August 20–October 6
Bernstein’s lyrical and evocative score Director Joey McKneely’s vibrant new Tuesday–Saturday features unforgettable songs including staging will feature Australia’s brightest evenings at 7:30pm Wednesday and Saturday ‘Maria’, ‘Tonight’, ‘Somewhere’, ‘America’ young talent. Coupled with Bernstein’s matinees at 1pm and ‘I Feel Pretty’, that have been lush, boundary-crossing score brought Sunday matinees at 3pm universally adored for generations; to life by the orchestra, and Robbins’ proving this iconic dance musical original, ground-breaking choreography, Please note: the performance schedule remains as spirited, achingly intimate, this energetic production is not to differs on certain dates. and as potent today as on the day be missed. See the calendar on page of its premiere. 35 for details.
Performed in English.
Something’s coming, something good…
Photo: (Johan Persson) 27 | 28 Based on the play by The Colonel August Strindberg John Longmuir Music by The Student Aribert Reimann Shanul Sharma The Young Woman Conductor Danita Weatherstone Warwick Stengards Johansson Director Virgilio Marino
NEW PRODUCTION NEW Greg Eldridge Bengtsson Designer Alexander Hargreaves Emma Kingsbury Lighting Designer Opera Australia Orchestra John Rayment Opera Australia The Old Man Scenery Workshop, Richard Anderson The Opera Centre, The Mummy / Dawson Street, Dark Lady / Cook Surry Hills Dominica Matthews Evenings at 7pm Sep 11, 12, 13, 14
Running time: approximately 90 minutes, with no interval.
Sung in English.
GHOST SONATA REIMANN
At the Ghost’s Supper, no one can Aribert Reimann’s 1984 opera is a Our crimes bind us, our conceal their ugliness. Inside or outside, haunting and evocative chamber it dwells in us all. work, exploring Strindberg’s moody secrets, our guilt. We have text with complex rhythms and Come into the unsettling world of tried to break away… other-worldly tones. Strindberg’s Ghost Sonata, where But we always come back. nothing is as it seems. Bewitched by This staging takes place in the Opera a woman’s beauty and drawn into a Australia workshop in Surry Hills. Down stranger’s sinister plans, a student enters a nondescript set of stairs, behind a a handsome house. In that wretched blank door, the cavernous workshop is place, food is poison. The dead are alive. filled with magic: the half-finished props Paradise proves rotten inside. and set-pieces of a hundred stories, a hundred shows. Director Greg Eldridge creates Strindberg’s Stockholm in the midst of these other worlds.
Photo: (Georges Antoni) 29 | 30 Saturday 3 August at 2:30pm PINCHGUT OPERA 2019 SEASON City Recital Hall
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Explore the lush, Hear William Walton Romantic songs that and Edith Sitwell’s Façade made way for Wozzeck — An Entertainment, in this celebration a piece that scandalised of Berg’s early work the 1920s literary set, and influences, with alongside Zemlinsky's lieder from Berg, Piano Trio Op.3 and Mahler, Zemlinsky Poulenc's Sextet for THE RETURN OF and more. Piano and Winds. Andrew McKinnon in association with Opera Australia presents Soprano Violin Taryn Fiebig Jun Yi Ma Mezzo-Soprano Piano Ruth Strutt Siro Battaglin ULYSSES FARNACE Piano Narrators Nicole Car and Tahu Matheson Mitchell Butel MONTEVERDI VIVALDI Benjamin Rasheed Under an Azure Sky Members of the Opera FERNANDO GUIMARÃES, CATHERINE CARBY, LAUREN LODGE-CAMPBELL CHRISTOPHER LOWREY, CAITLIN HULCUP, JACQUELINE DARK, Etienne Dupuis ROBERTA DIAMOND, NICHOLAS TOLPUTT, KANEN BREEN, TARYN FIEBIG, TIMOTHY REYNOLDS, Monday 26 August Australia Orchestra JACOB LAWRENCE, NICHOLAS JONES, WADE KERNOT MAXIMILIAN RIEBL, BRENTON SPITERI at 7pm Joan Sutherland Studio, Slip into a The Opera Centre, in Recital JUNE 13–19 DECEMBER 4–10 Mediterranean dream 480 Elizabeth Street, with a sublime program Surry Hills of poignant pieces PINCHGUT PRESENTS PINCHGUT PRESENTS and dreamy ensemble WINE PARTNERS works, including Ravel’s ethereal Introduction and Allegro, and Nicole Car partners with her husband, BACH AND VALER Turina’s Las musas internationally acclaimed baritone, de Andalucía. Etienne Dupuis, and pianist, Jayson CONCERTS TELEMANN SABADUS COUNTERTENOR Violin Gillham, to perform a recital of romantic TELEMANN THUNDER ODE Jun Yi Ma French song. Don’t miss Nicole and BACH EASTER ORATORIO IN CONCERT Piano Etienne’s only Sydney appearance Siro Battaglin together in 2019. SUNDAY 7 APRIL 5PM SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 5PM
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Photo: (Ben Symons) Photo: Nicole Car (Prudence Upton) 33 | 34 Opening night Talk — join us in the Northern Foyer of the Joan Sutherland Theatre 45 minutes before this Sydney Season Calendar 2019 performance to hear a member of Opera Australia’s artistic team share their insights into the opera. Audio described — see details on page 39.
MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN DECEMBER 31 JANUARY 1 2 3 4 5 6 JULY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NYE Gala 7:45pm Bohème 7:30pm Bohème 7:30pm Bohème 7:30pm Bohème 7:30pm Butterfly 7:30pm Bolena 7:30pm Butterfly 7:30pm Butterfly 7:30pm Butterfly 7:30pm Butterfly 1pm Jul
Jan Bohème 7:45pm (talk 6:45pm) (audio described) (talk 12.15pm) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Bolena 7:30pm Bohème 7:30pm Bohème 7:30pm Bohème 7:30pm Bohème 7:30pm Bohème 7:30pm (talk 6:45pm) (talk 6:45pm) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Bolena 7:30pm Butterfly 7:30pm Butterfly 7:30pm Butterfly 1pm 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (talk 6:45pm) Bolena 7:30pm Turandot 7:30pm Bohème 7:30pm Turandot 7:30pm Bohème 7:30pm Domain 8pm 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Whiteley 7:30pm Butterfly 7:30pm Bolena 7:30pm Whiteley 7:30pm Butterfly 7:30pm Bolena 1pm 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 (talk 12:15pm) Bohème 7:30pm Bohème 7:30pm Turandot 7:30pm Wozzeck 7:30pm Whiteley 7:30pm (talk 6:45pm) (talk 6:45pm) 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 28 29 30 31 FEBRUARY 1 2 3 Butterfly 7:30pm Bolena 7:30pm Whiteley 7:30pm Butterfly 7:30pm Bolena 7:30pm Whiteley 1pm Turandot 7:30pm Wozzeck 7:30pm Bohème 7:30pm Turandot 7:30pm Wozzeck 1pm Studio Recital 2:30pm (talk 6:45pm) (talk 12:15pm) (talk 6:45pm) (talk 12.15pm) Butterfly 7:30pm Boheme 7:30pm (talk 6:45pm) (talk 6:45pm) 29 30 31 AUGUST 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Butterfly 7:30pm Whiteley 7:30pm Butterfly 7:30pm Butterfly 7:30pm Butterfly 7:30pm Nicole Car 2:30pm Turandot 7:30pm Bohème 7:30pm Wozzeck 7:30pm Turandot 7:30pm Bohème 7:30pm Turandot 1pm Butterfly 7:30pm (talk 12.15pm) Feb Wozzeck 7:30pm 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 (talk 6:45pm) Butterfly 7:30pm Butterfly 7:30pm Chénier 7pm Butterfly 7:30pm Chénier 1pm 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Wozzeck 7:30pm Turandot 7:30pm Wozzeck 7:30pm Turandot 7:30pm Aug 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 West Side 7:30pm West Side 1pm West Side 7:30pm West Side 7:30pm West Side 1pm West Side 3pm 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 West Side 7:30pm West Side 7:30pm Pinchgut — Valer Turandot 7:30pm Werther 7:30pm Turandot 7:30pm Sabadus 5pm 26 27 28 29 30 31 SEPTEMBER 1 Studio Recital 7pm West Side 7:30pm West Side 1pm West Side 7:30pm West Side 7:30pm West Side 1pm West Side 3pm 25 26 27 28 MARCH 1 2 3 West Side 7:30pm West Side 7:30pm Werther 7:30pm Turandot 7:30pm Werther 7:30pm Turandot 7:30pm Werther 7:30pm (talk 6:45pm) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 West Side 7:30pm West Side 1pm West Side 7:30pm West Side 7:30pm West Side 1pm West Side 3pm 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 West Side 7:30pm West Side 7:30pm Werther 7:30pm Turandot 7:30pm Salome 7:30pm Werther 7:30pm Turandot 7:30pm Werther 1pm Sep (talk 12.15pm)
Mar 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Salome 7:30pm West Side 7:30pm West Side 1pm Ghost 7pm Ghost 7pm West Side 1pm West Side 3pm (talk 6:45pm) Ghost 7pm West Side 7:30pm West Side 7:30pm Ghost 7pm 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 West Side 7:30pm West Side 7:30pm Werther 7:30pm Turandot 7:30pm Salome 7:30pm Bohème 1pm (audio described) 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 (talk 12.15pm) Studio Recital 7pm West Side 7:30pm West Side 1pm West Side 7:30pm West Side 7:30pm West Side 1pm West Side 3pm Turandot 7:30pm West Side 7:30pm (audio described) (talk 6:45pm) West Side 7:30pm 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Salome 7:30pm Turandot 7:30pm Bohème 7:30pm Salome 7:30pm Bohème 7:30pm Salome 1pm Harbour 7:30pm West Side 7:30pm West Side 1pm West Side 7:30pm West Side 7:30pm West Side 1pm West Side 3pm (talk 6:45pm) Harbour 7:30pm (talk 12:15pm) West Side 7:30pm West Side 7:30pm Turandot 7:30pm Harbour 7:30pm SEPTEMBER 30 OCTOBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 West Side 7:30pm West Side 1pm West Side 7:30pm West Side 7:30pm West Side 1pm West Side 1pm 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Oct West Side 7:30pm West Side 7:30pm Bohème 7:30pm Salome 7:30pm Turandot 7:30pm Boheme 7:30pm Harbour 7:30pm Turandot 1pm Harbour 7:30pm Harbour 7:30pm Harbour 7:30pm Harbour 7:30pm Harbour 7:30pm 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Figaro 7pm APRIL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Harbour 7:30pm Harbour 7:30pm Harbour 7:30pm Harbour 7:30pm Harbour 7:30pm Harbour 7:30pm Pinchgut — Bach and Apr Telemann 5pm 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Figaro 7pm Figaro 7pm Figaro 7pm Viaggio 7pm Figaro 7pm Figaro 12pm 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 (talk 6:15pm) (talk 11:15am) Harbour 7:30pm Harbour 7:30pm Harbour 7:30pm Harbour 7:30pm Harbour 7:30pm Harbour 7:30pm Viaggio 7:30pm (talk 6:45pm) 28 29 30 31 NOVEMBER 1 2 3 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Viaggio 7pm Figaro 7pm Viaggio 7pm Figaro 7pm Figaro 7pm Viaggio 12pm Harbour 7:30pm Harbour 7:30pm Harbour 7:30pm Harbour 7:30pm Harbour 7:30pm (talk 6:15pm) (talk 11:15am) Figaro 7pm (talk 6:15pm) JUNE 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pinchgut — Ulysses 7pm Pinchgut — Ulysses 2pm Pinchgut — Ulysses 5pm DECEMBER 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pinchgut — Farnace 7pm Pinchgut — Farnace 7pm Pinchgut — Farnace 2pm Pinchgut — Farnace 5pm Jun Dec 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Pinchgut — Ulysses 7pm Pinchgut — Ulysses 7pm 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pinchgut — Farnace 7pm
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Butterfly 7:30pm Butterfly 7:30pm
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Choose between 3 and 5 productions Choose 6 or more productions Choose between 3 and 5 productions Choose 6 or more productions to receive these discounted prices to receive these discounted prices to receive these discounted prices to receive these discounted prices La Bohème (except NYE), New Year’s Eve OPERA GALA OR LA BOHÈME OPERA GALA OR LA BOHÈME Turandot, Wozzeck, Werther, P A B C P A B C Salome, Madama Butterfly, Anna Bolena, Whiteley, MONDAY–FRIDAY MONDAY–FRIDAY FULL PRICE 449 359 323 269 399 319 287 239 The Marriage of Figaro & Il Viaggio a Reims West Side Story at the Sydney Opera House TUESDAY–FRIDAY EVENING TUESDAY–FRIDAY EVENING P A B C D E P A B C D E P A B C* P A B C* FULL PRICE 294 250 203 150 89 70 262 222 181 134 79 62 FULL PRICE 207 135 99 90 184 122 89 81 PENSIONER 265 225 183 135 80 63 236 200 163 121 71 56 PENSIONER / YOUTH UNDER 30 207 126 90 63 184 113 81 57 YOUTH 18–30 294 250 68 68 68 68 262 222 68 68 68 62 YOUTH 17 & UNDER 164 139 68 68 50 39 164 139 68 68 50 39 SATURDAY EVENING SATURDAY EVENING P A B C* P A B C* SATURDAY SATURDAY FULL PRICE / PENSIONER / 225 180 117 90 200 162 105 81 P A B C D E P A B C D E YOUTH UNDER 30 FULL PRICE 325 269 221 161 111 79 289 239 196 143 98 70 SATURDAY & SUNDAY MATINEES SATURDAY & SUNDAY MATINEES PENSIONER 293 242 199 145 100 71 260 215 176 129 88 63 P A B C* P A B C* YOUTH 18–30 325 269 68 68 68 68 289 239 68 68 68 68 FULL PRICE 225 180 117 90 200 162 105 81 YOUTH 17 & UNDER 181 150 68 68 62 44 181 150 68 68 62 44 PENSIONER / YOUTH UNDER 30 225 171 117 90 200 154 105 81
West Side Story WEDNESDAY MATINEES WEDNESDAY MATINEES on Sydney Harbour SUNDAY–FRIDAY SUNDAY–FRIDAY P A B C* P A B C* P A B C D P A B C D FULL PRICE 162 126 99 63 144 113 89 57 FULL PRICE 294 250 203 150 89 262 222 181 134 79 PENSIONER / YOUTH UNDER 30 162 117 90 63 144 105 81 57 PENSIONER 265 225 183 135 80 236 200 163 121 71 YOUTH 18–30 294 250 68 68 68 262 222 68 68 68 Nicole Car and Etienne Dupuis AUGUST 3 AUGUST 3 YOUTH 17 & UNDER 164 139 68 68 50 164 139 68 68 50 at City Recital Hall P A P A SATURDAY SATURDAY FULL PRICE 134 90 134 90 P A B C D P A B C D FULL PRICE 325 269 221 161 111 289 239 196 143 98 Pinchgut: The Return of Ulysses, Farnace at City Recital Hall MONDAY–FRIDAY MONDAY–FRIDAY PENSIONER 293 242 199 145 100 260 215 176 129 88 P A B C P A B C YOUTH 18–30 325 269 68 68 68 289 239 68 68 68 FULL PRICE / PENSIONER 172 145 119 90 172 145 119 90 YOUTH 17 & UNDER 181 150 68 68 62 181 150 68 68 62 YOUTH UNDER 30 172 145 65 55 172 145 65 55 Andrea Chénier in Concert AUGUST 8 & 11 AUGUST 8 &11 SATURDAY & SUNDAY SATURDAY & SUNDAY P A B C D P A B C D P A B C P A B C FULL PRICE / YOUTH UNDER 30 350 278 206 161 107 311 247 183 143 95 FULL PRICE / PENSIONER 181 155 129 95 181 155 129 95 PENSIONER 315 250 185 145 96 280 222 165 129 86 YOUTH UNDER 30 181 155 70 60 181 155 70 60 Ghost Sonata and Studio Recitals ALL PERFORMANCES ALL PERFORMANCES Pinchgut: Bach and Telemann FULL PRICE 80 71 Concert, Valer Sabadus in Concert ALL PERFORMANCES ALL PERFORMANCES PENSIONER 72 64 at City Recital Hall YOUTH UNDER 30 45 45 P A B C D E P A B C D E FULL PRICE / PENSIONER 138 124 116 80 58 44 138 124 116 80 58 44 YOUTH UNDER 30 138 124 49 49 49 44 138 124 49 49 49 44
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