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Mazda Summer of 8 January – 30 March Opera House www.opera-.org.au Opera – Seize the night. Sydney in Summer. EXPERIENCE LIFE AMPLIFIED DO IT IN STYLE WITH A BOOK 3 OR MORE It’s a special time. The 2010 Summer Season is full PLATINUM PACKAGE AND SAVE of delights: fall in love at first sight Come alive this Summer with a Or if you just want to see as Starry skies, the with La traviata; get carried away night at the opera. This year you much as possible, enjoy significant glittering water and a by and shocked by ; can do it in style with our new savings when choosing three feel the magic of A Midsummer Platinum Package, which offers or more operas from our 2010 great city a-buzz with Night’s Dream; and if you like a the ultimate opera experience: program, (including the seven music, theatre and art. challenge, don’t miss . You the best of the best seats, Winter season operas detailed on can swoon with the passionate complimentary interval drinks and pages 16-19). Where better to drink it arias, thrill to the roar of the grand canapés in the exclusive Qantas Choose Your Own Subscriptions all in than at the opera? choruses, or immerse yourself in Club and a souvenir program (see are still available and offer lives more passionate, more crazy pages 20-21 for more details). significant savings on the costs of Whether it is a special and, somehow, more real – lives buying single tickets (a discount occasion, a special friend amplified by the power of music. of more than 10%). Subscribers can then buy additional tickets at or a special-because- a discount and exchange tickets you-feel-like-it day, a for another night if plans change. night at the opera is a quintessential Sydney Summer experience.

2 3 A SHABBY LITTLE SHOCKER – that’s how one Conductor critic described one of Puccini’s best-loved Andrea Licata Puccini (Until Feb 11) operas. Why? Maybe because when we thrill Tom Woods NEW PRODUCTION to the glorious music we forget the reality: Director a tragic tale of political persecution, rape and Christopher Alden murder. In this first new production of Tosca Set & Lighting Designer Charles Edwards in almost 30 years, director Christopher Alden Costume Designer reminds us with a bold and unflinching vision. Jon Morrell Floria Tosca FLORIA TOSCA AND HER LOVER Mario Cavaradossi are embroiled in a plot to help a (Until Feb 11) friend escape from prison. Baron Scarpia, the Nicole Youl chief of police, is determined to extract the Cavaradossi truth from Cavaradossi, and a kiss – and the (Until Feb 11) rest – from Tosca. Will she sacrifice herself to Carlo Barricelli save her lover? Scarpia John Wegner I LIVED FOR ART, I LIVED FOR LOVE... (Until March 22) Tosca’s famous aria is one of opera’s greatest Angelotti moments. Hear the soaring voices of Cheryl Jud Arthur Barker and Nicole Youl as Tosca, alongside a Sacristan cast of stars including John Wegner, Rosario Warwick Fyfe La Spina, Carlo Barricelli and Warwick Fyfe plus (Until March 22) David Thelander the unforgettable Chorus. Spoletta YOU’LL LOVE IT IF you like a thrilling and Graeme Macfarlane emotional drama. Sciarrone Luke Gabbedy WATCH OUT FOR some confronting scenes. Marchese Attavante Sian Pendry

Opera Australia Chorus, Opera Australia Evenings at 7.30pm: Children’s Chorus, January 8 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 26 | 29 Australian Opera and Ballet February 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 24 Orchestra March 6 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 22 Matinees at 1pm:

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4Tosc a 5 COMPOSER | NEW PRODUCTION Conductor LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT can cause a quite a Conductor stir. It certainly does for 17-year-old Manon Emmanuel Plasson DirectorShao-Chia Lü (until Jan 29) Massenet Lescaut, who is on her way to a convent when Tom Woods she meets Des Grieux. Their eyes meet and so DesignerDirector begins a romantic whirlwind towards a life of MRogeroffatt Kirk Oxenbould impoverished bliss. But that is nowhere near LightingSet & Costume Designer Designers TPeterrudy England Dalgleish & the end of the story. Meddling family, wealthy RManonussell Cohen Amelia Farrugia lovers and a love of luxury send Manon and Lighting Designer Des Grieux spinning through life in a passionate RDesobert Grieux Bryan adventure which may well end in tears. Lescaut Opera TitleSKULDUGGERY IS BEAUTIFUL in this Cio-Cio-SanJosé Carbó Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam sumptuous production, with the twists and ComteCheryl DesBarker Grieux nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam turns of fortune taking place amongst the wigs SAntoinettetephen Bennett Halloran Guillot(from Jan de Morfontaine19 to Mar 4) erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation and brocade of rococo France. ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. SuzukiKanen Breen DeCatherine Brétigny Carby Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse GRACIOUS, MOVING AND EVER SO FRENCH, Massenet’s melodies just beg to be sung. It RegistrarRichard Anderson molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros GPoussetteregory Brown is the perfect match for two Australian stars et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril Pinkerton Javotte shining ever brighter, here and internationally. Julian Gavin (until Jan 29) delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Lorem ipsum dolor sit Amy Wilkinson amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod Hear Amelia Farrugia and Julian Gavin sing Rosario La Spina their hearts out with José Carbó and Stephen Rosette tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim JacquelineGoro Dark ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis Bennett as the villains of this delicious affaire InnkeeperGraeme Macfarlane nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. de coeur. YamadoriRichard Alexander Luke Gabbedy (until Feb 13) Autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie YOU’LL LOVE IT if you like a romance with AndrewOpera Australia Jones Chorus all the frills. Think Les Liaisons Dangereuses Australian Opera and Ballet consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et OCommissionerrchestra accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril meets Diva. Andrew Moran delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. WATCH OUT for some seriously starry Sharpless homegrown talent. Barry Ryan Bonze Jud Arthur Opera Australia Chorus Evenings at 7.30pm: Australian Opera and Evenings at 7.30pm: Ballet Orchestra January 4 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 30 January 15 | 21 | 23 | 28 February 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 21 February 3 | 10 | 13 March 5 | 14 | 20 Matinee at 1pm: February 6 Matinees at 1pm: Performed in French with surtitles. February 23 | March 1 Running time: three hours and fifteen minutes including two twenty-minute Sung in Italian with surtitles. intervals. Running time: two hours and thirty minutes including two twenty-minute intervals. 6 7 Mano6 n 7 WHEN THE CURTAIN GOES UP on the buzzing Conductor Parisian salon you might be forgiven for thinking Philippe Auguin (Until Feb 22) Verdi you have travelled back in time. Michael Yeargan’s Brian Castles-Onion sets and Peter J Hall’s lavish period costumes Director are the perfect backdrop to the lush, sweeping Moshinsky melodies of Verdi’s magnificent La traviata. Revival Director Richard Jones IT STARTS WITH CHAMPAGNE, it continues with Set Designer song, but when the beautiful courtesan Violetta Michael Yeargan Valéry sets eyes on young Alfredo Germont her life Costume Designer of parties and paramours suddenly seems so empty. Peter J Hall Will true love win out? Lighting Designer THIS MEMORABLE PRODUCTION is brought to Violetta Valéry life by an outstanding cast. Russian diva Elvira Elvira Fatykhova Fatykhova returns to play Violetta, Australian Alfredo Germont Aldo Di Toro is the love of her life, and Jonathan Aldo Di Toro Summers is his father. Hear them and weep. Giorgio Germont Jonathan Summers YOU’LL LOVE IT IF you’re after the ultimate (Until Feb 22) romantic night out, perfect for first time opera goers. Michael Lewis WATCH OUT FOR all the favourites – a great Flora Bervoix Dominica Matthews drinking chorus and Violetta’s spine-tingling aria, Gastone ‘Sempre libera’. Stephen Smith Baron Douphol Evenings at 7.30pm: Shane Lowrencev January 22 | 25 | 27 | February 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | Marquis d’Obigny 22 | 25 | 27 | March 5 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 29 Andrew Jones Matinees at 1pm: Dottore Grenvil February 13 | March 13 Stephen Bennett Annina Performed in Italian with surtitles. Teresa La Rocca Running time: two hours and fifty minutes including two twenty- minute intervals. Opera Australia Chorus Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

8 La travi ata 9 DEEP IN THE FOREST the fairies are stirring. Conductor As ’s enchanting music slips Britten Director seductively out of the orchestra pit, discover a place where Indian gods, British colonials Revival Director and rustic clowns collide, collude and Julie Edwardson sometimes fall in love. A Midsummer Night’s Designer Catherine Martin Dream is back. Bill Marron BEFORE ROMEO + JULIET, this was the Lighting Designer production that showed the world the Nigel Levings boundless imaginations of director Baz Revival Choreographer Belynda Buck Luhrmann and designer Catherine Martin. Oberon Inspired by the words of Shakespeare and Tobias Cole Britten’s magical score, they cast a spell Tytania to create one of Opera Australia’s most Rachelle Durkin celebrated productions, ever. Puck FACES OLD AND NEW will show you around Theseus the enchanted forest. Young Australian Jud Arthur conductor Alexander Briger is on the Hippolyta Catherine Carby bandstand, while Tobias Cole and Rachelle Lysander Durkin play the King and Queen of the James Egglestone Fairies. Meanwhile Tyler Coppin and Demetrius reprise their unforgettable Luke Gabbedy performances of Puck and Bottom. Helena Lisa Harper-Brown YOU’LL LOVE IT IF you like theatrical magic. Hermia Sian Pendry WATCH OUT FOR blue-skinned fairies and Bottom beguiling music. Conal Coad Quince Richard Anderson Flute Graeme Macfarlane Snug Evenings at 7.30pm: Richard Alexander A Midsumm er February 18 | 23 | 26 | March 3 | 11 | Snout 16 | 19 | 24 Andrew Brunsdon Starveling Matinees at 1pm: Andrew Moran February 20 | March 6 Opera Australia Children’s Performed in English with surtitles. Chorus Running time: three hours and fifteen minutes Australian Opera and Ballet Night’s Drea m including two twenty-minute intervals. Orchestra 10 11 DANGEROUS IDEAS abound in Peter Conductor Dean/Holden Carey’s landmark first novel, Bliss. Is this Elgar Howarth reality or some kind of hilarious hell? Director WORLD PREMIERE Neil Armfield What is true love? And why has an Set Designer An opera by & elephant sat on my car? Brian Thomson Amanda Holden, based on THE LIGHTS GO UP on the world Costume Designer the novel by Alice Babidge premiere of Bliss, a new opera by Brett Lighting Designer Dean and Amanda Holden. Welcome Nigel Levings back to the excesses of the 80s, where Choreographer sex and drugs beat rock-n-roll. This much- Kate Champion Harry Joy anticipated work stars the electrifying Peter Coleman-Wright Peter Coleman-Wright as Harry Joy, the Betty blithe and savvy advertising executive Merlyn Quaife who, after a close encounter with death, Honey B Lorina Gore finds his world is not what it was. Alex CREATIVE DYNAMITE – the combination Barry Ryan David of director Neil Armfield, composer David Corcoran Brett Dean, librettist Amanda Holden, Lucy conductor Elgar Howarth, along with Taryn Fiebig the brightest stars of Australian theatre Johnny design and choreography, will ignite the Kanen Breen Reverend Des/Police Officer 2/ stage in a blaze of words, music ‘Nurse’ and ideas. Shane Lowrencev Aldo/Nigel Clunes YOU’LL LOVE IT IF you follow the Henry Choo cutting edge of theatre and new Mrs Dalton Australian music. Police Officer 1/Betty’s Doctor WATCH OUT FOR Brett Dean’s beautiful Stephen Smith kaleidoscope of sound. Neighbour / Asylum Doctor Malcolm Ede Evenings at 7.30pm: Onstage Violinist March 12 | 17 | 25 | 27 | 30 Erkki Veltheim Matinee at 1pm: March 20 Opera Australia Chorus Performed in English with surtitles. Australian Opera and Ballet Running time: approximately two hours and forty Orchestra minutes including one twenty-minute interval. Please note this opera contains coarse language, scenes of a graphic sexual nature and adult themes. It is not recommended for children. 12 Bliss 13 IMPORTANT INFORMATION: A range of food and beverages is available in the Domain from early afternooon to the Mazda Opera in t he Domain end of the evening, or you can bring your own picnic. For the Opera Australia and Sydney Festival present comfort of our patrons high chairs and beach umbrellas are not allowed and, to protect the lawns, plastic sheeting ’s and ice are not permitted on the grass.

Clockwise from top left: , , Paul McDermott, Judi Connelli

A FREE CONCERT | The Domain | 8pm, Saturday 30 January Everyone is invited to share in one of Sydney’s Pack the picnic and put the champagne on ice for a very special favourite summer treats, and it’s all for free. Join Mazda when Opera Australia and Sydney Festival the stars of Opera Australia together with the join forces to present Leonard Bernstein’s extravagant comedy, Candide. Opera Australia Chorus and Opera and Ballet Orchestra, conducted by Paul Kildea Based on Voltaire’s satirical novel of 1759, Candide is a hilarious, harsh for a crazy and memorable summer night. and hedonistic adventure. Festival Director Hume has created a semi-staged version of Bernstein’s operatic fantasy which features Performed in English with surtitles. some of American music theatre’s greatest moments. Blindly following the advice of his tutor Pangloss (Paul McDermott), Venue Supporter Presenting Partner the relentlessly optimistic Candide (David Hobson) careers through Performance Partner a series of wild experiences and astonishing coincidences to return home to his beloved Cunegonde (Emma Matthews) enlighted by a new, more realistic philosophy of life.

14 15 OPERA AUSTRALIA’S WINTER SEASON • 28 JUNE – 6 NOVEMBER 2010 OPERA AUSTRALIA’S WINTER SEASON • 28 JUNE – 6 NOVEMBER 2010

SONDHEIM/WHEELER PUCCINI MOZART BELLINI NEW PRODUCTION NEW PRODUCTION NEW PRODUCTION NEW PRODUCTION A Little the Girl of the The Marriage La Night Music Golden West of Figaro sonnambula

Don’t miss The Girl of the Golden West is an Figaro is a security guard and his In a remote Alpine , Amina singing ‘Send in the Clowns’ in irresistible mixture of the Old World fiancée Susanna is a maid in the and Elvino are set to marry, until she this delightful musical about the and New. The setting is the stuff Almaviva family’s lavish mansion. sleepwalks to the bed of another of love from the team that of Hollywood westerns, the action Count Almaviva is in lust with man. Emma Matthews stars in brought you the 2008 smash-hit has all the ingredients of Italian Susanna, the Countess is in tears and Julie Edwardson’s new production, production of . romantic opera, and the music has a Cherubino’s hormones are getting inspired by the writings of Freud Sponsored by startling originality. Nigel Jamieson him into trouble again. Benedict and Jung, the vibrant colours of directs an exciting new production Andrews makes his operatic debut German Expressionism, and Bellini’s of Puccini’s Wild West tale. with a compelling contemporary exhilarating tumble of melodies. vision of Mozart’s masterpiece. Sponsored by

Evenings at 7.30pm: July 23 | 26 | 29 | August 4 | 10 14 | 16 | 18 Evenings at 7.30pm: Evenings at 7.30pm: September 14 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 30 June 28 | 29 July 14 | 17 | 21 | 27 | 31 October 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 20 Evenings at 7.30pm: July 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 13 August 3 | 6 Matinees at 1pm: July 31 August 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 24 Matinees at 1pm: July 3 | 10 Matinee at 1pm: July 24 August 7 | October 23 Matinee at 1pm: August 14

16 17 OPERA AUSTRALIA’S WINTER SEASON • 28 JUNE – 6 NOVEMBER 2010

GILBERT & SULLIVAN VERDI R.STRAUSS The Pirates Der of Penzance Rosenkavalier

SURTITLES All Opera Australia performances dons his Rigoletto is paid to keep his master Strauss’s rapturous tale of life, are presented with surtitles cutlass for another voyage as laughing, but the Duke’s lechery for the love and the passage of time is – instant English translations Gilbert & Sullivan’s feel-good innocent Gilda turns Rigoletto from back with a new Marschallin, – on a screen above the stage, show sails back into town, spiteful joker to desperate father. Verdi Cheryl Barker, gliding her way so you will always be able to complete with its swashbuckling paints his characters’ transformations through this classic production. understand the story. If you heroes and dainty heroines, in with a cascade of brilliant arias and The words are ever bittersweet, wear glasses make sure you this all-time family favourite. ensembles, in a return of one of Opera and the music finds timeless and bring them along. Sponsored by Australia’s best-loved productions. complex beauty in a Viennese waltz, heartache in a simple song. Sponsored by FREE OPERA TALKS Evenings at 7.30pm: Members of Opera Australia’s August 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 31 artistic team share their insights September 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 Evenings at 7.30pm: 45 minutes before selected 11 | 16 | 24 | October 28 September 18 | 23 | 28 performances. Held at the November 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 October 6 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 27 | 29 PLEASE NOTE: , these Matinees at 1pm: November 1 | 4 EARLY START TIME OF 7PM. informal, informative talks help August 28 | September 4 | 25 Matinees at 1pm: Evenings at 7.00pm: you get the most out of your October 27 | November 3 | 6 October 2 | 9 | 16 October 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 30 opera experience.

18 19 Do it in style with a Platinum Package Every night at the opera is special... now you can make someone feel extra-special with an Opera Australia Platinum Package It is one of the great Sydney experiences: a feast of music, singing, performance and spectacle at an iconic Sydney venue, all set against the backdrop of one of the most beautiful harbours in the world. What better way to celebrate a special occasion, entertain an overseas visitor, or make a fuss of someone you love than to come to the Sydney Opera House for a night at the opera? Introducing the Platinum Package, your ticket to the ultimate opera experience. With a Platinum Package, you are enjoying great performances in style. Not only do we guarantee you a fabulous show and the best of the best seats, but you also receive a souvenir program and an invitation to the exclusive Qantas Opera Lounge for interval drinks and snacks. All you need to do is choose your opera, choose your night, choose your outfit and we will do the rest. The Platinum Package costs $350 per ticket and due to the exclusive nature of this offer, availability is strictly limited. There will only be twenty Platinum Packages on sale for any given performance, so if that all-important anniversary, that big birthday or special trip is coming up, it is not too early to book your ultimate night at the opera. PLEASE NOTE: PLATINUM PACKAGES ARE ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH OPERA AUSTRALIA. CALL 02 9318 8200 FOR MORE INFORMATION. 20 21 SINGLE TICKET PRICES BUY 3 OR MORE AND SAVE Design your own opera package to suit your taste and budget, save money and qualify for extra discounts and benefits. Subscribers may OPERAS purchase extra tickets during the year at a discount, and exchange their tickets (your first exchange is FREE). Premium A Res B Res C Res

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22 23 GENERAL INFORMATION SEATING RESERVES

TICKETS AND PERFORMANCE TIMES TRANSPORT INFORMATION A valid ticket is required to access the PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERA THEATRE SEATING RESERVES Concert Hall, the Opera Theatre foyers Many buses, trains and all ferries stop at and all performance spaces. Please have Circular Quay. It is then a 10 minute walk your ticket with you at all times as you to the Sydney Opera House. The Sydney may be asked to present it for inspection. Opera House operates a transit shuttle To minimise disturbances, late arrivals for elderly and less mobile passengers may be ‘locked out’ until interval. Unless between Stand E at Circular Quay and otherwise specified, evening performances the Concourse. begin at 7.30pm and matinees at 1pm - TAXIS please make sure you arrive on time. Taxis can drop off passengers at the GROUP BOOKINGS Sydney Opera House Concourse, and can Like many of the best things in life, usually be hailed from the roundabout at opera is an experience made even more the end of Macquarie Street. enjoyable when shared with good friends. HEARING ASSISTANCE Opera Australia invites you and your The Opera Theatre is equipped with an friends, family, colleagues or clients to FM Radio system for patrons requiring experience a night at the opera. hearing assistance. Receivers and Great savings are available for groups headsets are free of charge and can be of 8 or more, and even greater savings for obtained from the cloakroom prior to the bookings of 20 or more. Our dedicated performance. Group Bookings team will assist you to PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES select the best seating and most suitable Limited parking for patrons with opera for your group, and our flexible disabilities is available on the vehicle ‘book now, pay later’ policy gives you time concourse under the Monumental Steps. to organise your group night out. Please book a space as early as possible by For more information, call Opera Australia phoning (02) 9250 7185. Groups & Tourism on 02 9318 8391 or Drivers can drop off passengers with email [email protected]. mobility difficulties at the turning circle CONCESSIONS beside the Monumental Steps. Vehicles HOW TO BOOK Concession pricing is available to full should then be parked elsewhere. If pensioners and full-time students. passengers require staff assistance to Opera Australia Ticket Services (02) 9318 8200 When placing your booking and on entry enter the building, please notify the Gatehouse as you enter the Sydney Opera 480 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills to the Sydney Opera House you will need Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm to show your Proof of Age card, Student House precinct. ID card or Pensioner Concession card. CLOAKING FACILITIES www.opera-australia.org.au Concessions are not available on Saturday For the safety and comfort of patrons, evenings. bags larger than a small, A4-sized handbag Group Bookings (02) 9318 8391 CHILD CONCESSION must be left with cloakroom staff during For children 16 years and under a special performances. child concession of $55 is available for Sydney Opera House (02) 9250 7777 Saturday matinees when accompanied (single tickets only) by an adult. Monday to Saturday, 9am to 8.30pm

24 25 2010 SUMMER SEASON CALENDAR

JANUARY MARCH Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat Mat Sat Eve Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat Mat Sat Eve

4 5 6 7 8 9 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 Tosca Dream # Traviata Dream # Tosca

11 12 13 14 15 16 16 8 9 10 11 12 13 13 Tosca Manon Tosca # Tosca Traviata # Dream Bliss Traviata Tosca

18 19 20 21 22 23 23 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 Tosca Manon Traviata Tosca Manon # Tosca Dream # Bliss # Tosca Dream Bliss # Traviata

25 26 27 28 29 30 30 22 23 24 25 26 27 27 Traviata # Tosca Traviata Manon # Tosca Domain Tosca Traviata Dream Bliss # Traviata Tosca Bliss #

29 30 31 Traviata Bliss FEBRUARY Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat Mat Sat Eve Final Opening Night performance 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 Traviata Tosca # Manon # Traviata Tosca Manon Traviata #

8 9 10 11 12 13 13 Manon Tosca Traviata Manon Traviata = La traviata 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 Domain = Mazda Opera in the Domain Tosca Traviata # Dream Tosca Dream Traviata Dream = A Midsummer Night’s Dream # Free opera talk prior to the performance in the Opera Theatre Northern Foyer Lounge. 22 23 24 25 26 27 27 Traviata Dream Tosca # Traviata Dream Tosca # Traviata All opera performances are staged in the Opera Theatre and unless otherwise specified, evening performances commence at 7.30pm and matinees at 1pm.

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