With dark twists and humorous turns, Boojum! blends the much-loved tale of Alice in Wonderland with Lewis Carroll’s nonsensical poem The Hunting of the Snark.

Boojum!

Horti Hall

Approximate Running Times: Doors - 6pm Start - 7pm NOTE : This event is recommended 15+ years.

Sam Campbell

The Princess Theatre

Ed Gamble

Approximate run times: Doors - 8:00pm Start - 8:30pm Finish - 9:30pm

Luke McGregor

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The Artelize Podcast and Kasper Holten - Pedefining Opera for the modern world

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Rhys Darby

Nish Kumar

Schalk Bezuidenhout

Ben Northey conducts this evening of passion and drama, featuring two masterpieces of 20th-century orchestral music and two works receiving their world premiere.

EPSG:4326

Symphonic Showcase

Kings Domain

MSO Chief Conductor Jaime Martín makes his Sidney Myer Music Bowl debut at this picture-perfect night under the stars.

Jaime conducts at the Bowl: Dvořák, Gershwin and Ravel

Embark on a musical odyssey with the MSO, from the rolling Appalachian hills to the stunning Blue Mountains, cruising down grand European rivers and journeying to a galaxy far, far away.

Journeys and Adventures

This cracker of a concert is jam-packed with stormy sounds and hurtling horsehair. AHE plays two key works from Mozart — with Artistic Director Skye McIntosh performing Mozart’s 3rd Violin Concerto and his 29th symphony — Haydn’s La Passione Symphony and a less familiar but just as exciting work by their Czech contemporary, J B Vanhal.

Haydn's Passion

Bowral Memorial Hall

Australian Digital Concert Hall

National Gallery of Australia

City Recital Hall

Leoš Janáček’s quasi-operatic song-cycle takes place from midnight to midnight. It tells the captivating story of a village boy smitten with a girl. A glorious and grotesque, dream-like melodrama, this rarely-performed work for two soloists, piano and small chorus is a must see.

Victorian Opera’s performance stars Katherine McIndoe (soprano), Brenton Spiteri (tenor) and Alex Raineri (piano), with the Victorian Opera Youth Chorus Ensemble (VOYCE).

November Concert: The Diary of One Who Disappeared

This performance will showcase selected scenes from Gregory Spear’s opera Fellow Travelers, based on the 2007 novel by Thomas Mallon (and adapted into a mini series in 2023).

Fellow Travelers delves into a secret, gay love affair between Hawkins Fuller and Tim Laughlin in Washington DC during the Lavender Scare in 1950s. Then, Senator Joseph McCarthy’s relentless pursuit of suspected communists and gays within the US Government led to mass dismissals, horrendous persecution and tragedy.

This concert will showcase duet scenes between the two lovers, accompanied by Coady Green and Kevin Tamanini on the piano. It stars Boyd Owen (tenor) as Tim Laughlin and Adrian Tamburini (bass-baritone) as Hawkins Fuller.

November Concert: Fellow Travelers

Who is speaking up for the heroines of the great operatic canon? Antoinette Halloran (soprano) is reimagining these iconic characters with a contemporary feminist perspective, often with humorous or profoundly moving results.

Antoinette will explore their journeys through a series of poems she penned during the pandemic lockdowns. The poems are set to the contemporary compositions of Linda Kouvaras.

November Concert: She, Who Should Have Been A Queen

Don’t miss this concert of Judy Garland’s most beloved songs, including I Feel a Song Coming On, Get Happy, Smile, Over the Rainbow, On the Sunny Side of the Street, I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby, The Palace Medley from Carnegie Hall, and many more.

Judy Garland’s music will be performed by dramatic contralto Liane Keegan. All songs have been arranged by Stefan Cassomenos, true to the phenomenal arrangements Judy was famous for.

November Concert: Judy sings her songs of Stage and Screen

The Victorian Opera Youth Chorus Ensemble (VOYCE) present their annual Showcase Concert.

Featuring Saint Saens’ L’aube qui blanchit deja les coteaux, Mozart’s Chor der Janitscharen, and Haydn’s Infelici ombre dolenti to name a few, the ensemble will be joined by Victorian Opera’s Emerging Artists Prize winners Douglas Kelly, Michaela Cadwgan, and other special guests.

In what will be a delightful afternoon concert showcasing the wonder of opera and the human voice, join us at Melba Hall, The University of Melbourne, as we celebrate the next generation of talent.

VOYCE Showcase Concert

The University of Melbourne

Join us for a concert of arias and songs, familiar and not, as 2024 Opera Prize winners Michaela Cadwgan and Douglas Kelly celebrate their year in residence with Victorian Opera.

November Concert: What a year!

Sunset Boulevard weaves a magnificent tale of faded glory and unfulfilled ambition. Having been discarded by Hollywood with the advent of “talkies”, legendary silent movie star Norma Desmond is tortured by her longing for a return to the big screen. When she meets struggling Hollywood screenwriter Joe Gillis in a dramatic chance encounter, their subsequent passionate and volatile relationship leads to an unforeseen and tragic conclusion.

Sunset Boulevard

This production champions Victorian Opera’s new shining stars as part of our ongoing VO Emerges series, our commitment to fostering new talent. Come and be thoroughly entertained by an array of characters that continually one-up the last in peculiarity, in a revolving door of  aristocrats, tradesmen, maids and clergy, exploring the idiosyncrasies that lie within them.

English Eccentrics

Composed between 1804 and 1808, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 stands as one of his most renowned works. Its’ iconic opening motif, with its memorable rhythm 'duh-duh-duh-duuuh', is instantly recognisable. Often referred to as ‘the Fate Symphony’ (German: Schicksalssinfonie), the famous opening four-note gesture is believed to symbolise fate knocking at the door. It reflects Beethoven's lifelong personal struggles including his increasing deafness.

AHE’s presents the world premiere of William Watts's version of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, arranged around 1820. This unique arrangement is quite unlike any large-scale symphonic recording you may have heard or may be expecting! 

Beethoven's Fifth

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Wesley Music Centre

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