Sydney Performance Production - Things To Do

Those familiar with Lewis Carroll’s literary menagerie of colourful characters will enjoy the clarity with which Christopher Wheeldon portrays them in dance. The whole Company is drawn into the...read more

Plácido Domingo, one of the most celebrated talents of our time, takes another thrilling step into the baritone repertory as he sings the title role of Nabucco for the first time. This is a rar...read more

A giant human skull as the focal point. A chorus draped in black veils and wearing skull masks. A dramatic production where candle-lit interiors and earthy exteriors change in the blink of an eye. ...read more

Puccini was a true theatre composer, using every means available to move the emotions of an audience. His aim was dramatic truth. The sweep and flow of the music propels Tosca’s riveting drama of l...read more

There can be few comic operas as pleasing to the eye and to the ear as Don Pasquale. With its warm and bright Italian street scenes and lyrical arias, Donizetti’s celebrated work is reawakened by t...read more

La traviata tells the famous story of how the beautiful but vulnerable courtesan Violetta is coerced into sacrificing her one hope of personal happiness for the sake of her lover’s reputation. Set ...read more

Since its première at Glyndebourne in 1947, Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring has become a classic comprising a keenly observed, witty libretto and an evocative score. The comic depiction of a paro...read more

Back by popular demand, the Lincoln Center Theater's smash hit production of Rodgers & Hammersteins South Pacific returns to the Sydney Opera House in 2013. Directed by Bartlett Sher, this groun...read more

The ultimate bel canto cast is assembled for this important yet rarely performed masterpiece. Based on Sir Walter Scott’s poem The Lady of the Lake, La donna del lago is the most fully romantic of...read more

Award-winning director Richard Jones (Il trittico, Anna Nicole) directs a Gloriana for our time, framing the depiction of the 16th-century Queen in a setting that re-creates the excitement of our ...read more