Upcoming performances for our Artists in December 2017

Upcoming performances for our Artists in December 2017

Australia
Olivia Cranwell and Christopher Tonkin perform some of opera’s greatest hits at The HeartLand Concert. Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan, Victoria. 1 December at 19:30.

Nicholas Carter conducts the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in a programme of Sibelius En Saga, Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 with Alexander Gavrylyuk and Shostakovich Symphony No. 5. Adelaide Town Hall. 1 December at 20:00 and 2 December at 18:30.

Sally-Anne Russell and Robert Macfarlane perform Bach Christmas Oratoriowith the Australian Bach Society and Melbourne Chamber Choir. St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne. 2 December at 17:00.
 
Sian Pendry and Luke Gabbedy perform some of their favourite arias for Opera Australia’s Mazda Opera in the Bowl. Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne. 2 December at 20:00
 
Andrew Goodwin performs Handel Messiah with Perth Symphonic Chorus. Perth Concert Hall. 3 December at 16:00.

Robert Macfarlane performs Handel Messiah with Royal Melbourne Philharmonic. Melbourne Town Hall. 3 December at 17:00.
 
Virgilio Marino performs some of his favourite Christmas songs at the Brisbane Lord Mayor’s Christmas Carols concert. Riverstage, City Botanic Gardens, Brisbane. 9 December at 19:00.

Andrew Collis performs Handel Messiah with Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Concert Hall, QPAC. 9 December at 19:30.

Australia Piano Quartet with Andrew Haveron (guest violin) perform Mystic Voyage: Schubert Adagio and Rondo Concertante in F major D.487, Ross Edwards new work (2017 APQ commission), Taneyev Piano Quartet in E majorOp.20. Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House. 10 December at 15:00.

Andrew Goodwin performs Mendelssohn St Paul with Sydney University Graduate Choir. Great Hall, University of Sydney. 10 December at 17:00.

Andrew Goodwin performs Handel Messiah with Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House. 14 and 15 December at 20:00 and 16 December at 13:00.

Pacific Opera’s final performance for 2017, Arias and Barcarolles, is a concert of French and Italian arias and ensembles featuring the music of Puccini, Delibes, Chabrier, Offenbach, Mozart and more, accompanied by Artistic Director Simon Kenway. Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House. 17 December at 15:00.

Simon Kenway conducts the Queensland Symphony Orchestra in the annual favourite, Spirit of Christmas concerts. QPAC Concert Hall. 22 December at 19:00, 23 December at 14:00 and 19:00.

The Wizard of Oz with Gordon Frost Organisation. Trudy Dalgleish: Associate Lighting Designer. Capitol Theatre, Sydney. Previews commencing 30 December, running until 4 February 2018, followed by a season at the Adelaide Festival Theatre with previews commencing 3 April 2018, and a season at the Regent Theatre, Melbourne with previews commencing 15 May. 

The Opera Gala on New Year’s Eve with Opera Australia. Emma Matthews and Sian Pendry: soloists. Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House. 31 December at 19:45.
 
The Merry Widow on New Year’s Eve with Opera Australia. Michael Scott-Mitchell: Set Designer. Luke Gabbedy: Viscount Cascada. Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House. 31 December at 20:00.


Overseas
Daphne with Wiener Staatsoper. Simone Young: Conductor. Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria. Opens 1 December, with further performances on 4 and 7 December.
 
Die Zauberflöte with Les Talens Lyriques. Siobhan Stagg: Pamina. Théâtre de Caen, Caen, France. Opens 3 December, with further performances on 5, 7 and 9 December.
 
Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto no. 5 with NHK Symphony Orchestra. NHK Hall, Tokyo, Japan. 7 December at 19:00 and 9 December at 15:00.
 
Celeste Lazarenko and Robert Macfarlane perform Handel Messiah with New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand. 9 December at 19:30.
 
Der Rosenkavalier with Wiener Staatsoper. Peter Rose: Baron Ochs. Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria. Opens 10 December, with further performances on 13, 16 and 19 December.
 
Otello with Bergen Philharmonic and Bergen National Opera, in concert. Stuart Skelton: Otello. Griegsalen, Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway. 11, 13 and 15 December. 
 
Hadleigh Adams performs Handel Messiah with American Bach Soloists. Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, USA. 13, 14 and 15 December at 19:30.
 
Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs Chen Er Huang and Gershwin Variations on “I Got Rhythm” with Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall, Hong Kong. 15 and 16 December at 20:00.
 
Simone Young conducts the Bern Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no. 1 (Louis Lortie, piano) and Scriabin Symphony no. 3 “Poème divin”. Martinskirche Basel on 15 December at 19:30 | Kursaal Bern on 16 December at 19:30 | Stadttheater Bern on 17 December at 17:00.
 
Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto no. 5 with Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra. Hangzhou Grand Theatre, Hangzhou, China. 17 December at 19:30.
 
Robert Macfarlane performs Handel Messiah with Auckland Choral Society. Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand. 18 and 19 December at 19:30.
 
La bohème with Deutsche Oper Berlin. Nicholas Carter: Conductor. Siobhan Stagg: Musetta (role debut). Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Opens 20 December, with further performances on 23, 29, 31 December*, 2 January. *indicates two performances on that day.     Siobhan performs all except 29 December and 31 December matinee.

Simone Young conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera Stockholm for their New Year’s concert. Royal Opera, Stockholm, Sweden. 31 December at 18:00.


Looking ahead to the first week of January 2017
The Merry Widow with Opera Australia. Michael Scott-Mitchell: Set Designer. Luke Gabbedy: Viscount Cascada, Celeste Lazarenko: Sylviane^. Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House. Opens 2 January, with further performances on 3, 4, 5, 6*, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13*, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20*, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27*, 29, 30, 31 January, 1, 2, 3* February.  *indicates two performances on that day. ^Celeste will perform the role of Sylviane on 5 January. 


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