2012 SYDNEY PERFORMANCES
Erich Korngold
A ground-breaking new production, directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Stefan Vinke and Cheryl Barker. Discover what opera in the twenty-first century can be, as we use new technology to create cinematic sounds and on-stage special effects.
Georges Bizet
Masks and veils, fire and water, gold and silver… Experience Bizet’s captivating imaginings of Ancient Ceylon, and hear one of the world’s favourite opera moments, ‘In the depths of the temple’, in this glorious tale of forbidden love.
Giuseppe Verdi
Graeme Murphy’s production is back with blazing voices and glittering pageantry. This is grand opera in all its glory.
Rodgers & Hammerstein
South Pacific returns to Australia in a Tony Award-winning production starring Lisa McCune, Teddy Tahu Rhodes and Kate Ceberano.
Giacomo Puccini
An exquisite production, Japanese soprano Hiromi Omura in the title role, and Puccini’s desperately romantic music… When Butterfly sings you will fall in love with opera, whether it’s for the first time, or the fiftieth. We promise.
Gaetano Donizetti
Emma Matthews stars in a new production of Donizetti’s great bel canto showpiece. Expect vocal fireworks from an international cast in this atmospheric take on Sir Walter Scott’s thrilling tale.
Richard Strauss
Richard Strauss’s Salome caused a sensation when it premiered. It has been shocking and enthralling audiences ever since. Now Gale Edwards directs a new production starring Cheryl Barker as the ultimate femme fatale.
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