Sydney Performance Production - Things To Do
Palace Opera and Ballet 2012/2013 Season: Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - The Royal Ballet
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
Palace Opera and Ballet 2012/2013 Season: Nabucco - The Royal Opera
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
Giuseppe Verdi - The Force of Destiny
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
Giacomo Puccini - Tosca
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
Gaetano Donizetti - Don Pasquale
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
Giuseppe Verdi - La traviata
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
Benjamin Britten - Albert Herring
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
Rodgers & Hammerstein - South Pacific
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
Palace Opera and Ballet 2012/2013 Season: La donna del lago - The Royal Opera
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
Palace Opera and Ballet 2012/2013 Season: Gloriana - The Royal Opera
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









