SYDNEY IN FEBRUARY

Patricia’s weekends have been very popular for many years. Meeting the artists over lunch or dinner is always a great treat as we hear the story from backstage!

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM by Benjamin Britten
with international New Zealand basses, the ever popular Conal Coad as Bottom and Jud Arthur as Theseus

Baz Luhrmann dreamt up a colour-drenched realm of midsummer magic where Indian gods, British colonials and rustic clowns collided, colluded and sometimes fell in love. An outstanding production.

TOSCA by Puccini
with Nicole Youl, Carlo Barricelli, John Wegner and Jud Arthur

“I lived for art, I lived for love, I never harmed a living soul.” Puccini’s great aria “Vissi d’arte” is a moment when time stands still. Opera Australia’s first new production of Tosca for nearly 30 years.

LA TRAVIATA by Verdi
with Elvira Fatykhova

Elvira thrilled New Zealand audiences as Violetta in La Traviata and Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, both NBR New Zealand Opera productions. We must hear this Russian diva again!

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SYDNEY IN AUGUST - TEDDY TAHU RHODES

The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart starring international New Zealand baritone, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, for the first time in Australasia as Figaro!

Teddy Tahu Rhodes. Photo: Bridget Elliot

In this new production, Figaro is a security guard and his fiancée Susanna is a maid in the Almaviva family’s lavish mansion. Everyone knows everyone, and everyone is watching – and there is plenty to see.

THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST - by Puccini
with Lisa Gasteen, Dennis O’Neill and John Wegner

In the male world of the Californian Gold Rush, a single woman comes in for plenty of attention. The setting is the stuff of Hollywood westerns and the action has all the ingredients of Italian romantic opera.

LA SONNAMBULA (THE SLEEPWALKER) by Bellini
conducted by Richard Bonynge with Emma Matthews

An elegant new production inspired by the writings of Freud and Jung, the vibrant colours of German Expressionist art and Bellini’s exhilarating melodies. An Australasian premiere.

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