Giuseppe Verdi
Festival Theatre
3, 6, 8, 10 May
Giuseppe Verdi
Festival Theatre
25, 28, 30 October and 1 November
Philip Glass Triology
Akhnaten, Einstein on the beach and Satyagraha
Her Majesty’s Theatre
5-23 August
| Event | Presenter | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
 ELEKTRADAVID ROBERTSON CONDUCTS AN OPERA IN THE CONCERT HALL |
Sydney Symphony | 22 February – 24 February |
Concert Hall |
 Beethoven’s Septet |
Omega Ensemble | 23 February | Utzon Room |
 The Hills Are Stayin’ Alive |
Oslo fagottkor via Backstage Management og Produksjon AS | 26 February – 27 February |
Utzon Room |
 ROBERTSON CONDUCTS JOHN WILLIAMSMUSIC FROM THE MOVIES |
Sydney Symphony | 27 February – 1 March |
Concert Hall |
 THE NECKS |
Sydney Opera House | 3 March | Joan Sutherland Theatre |
 NEKO CASE |
Sydney Opera House | 3 March | Concert Hall |
.jpg) rePLAY – Symphony of Heroes |
Sydney Symphony | 7 March – 8 March |
Concert Hall |
 FLYING LOTUS LAYER 3 |
Sydney Opera House and FBi Radio in association with The Operatives present | 9 March | Concert Hall |
 RUSSIAN DAYDREAMSTCHAIKOVSKY & PROKOFIEV |
Sydney Symphony | 12 March – 15 March |
Concert Hall |
 YO LA TENGO |
Sydney Opera House and FBi Radio | 13 March | Concert Hall |
| Event | Presenter | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
 HAYDN’S SURPRISE |
Australian Haydn Ensemble | 15 March | Utzon Room |
 Billy Bragg |
Viv Lees, Radio National, The Music & Max TV | 16 March | Concert Hall |
 An Evening with Glen Hansard with special guest Lisa O’Neill |
Sydney Opera House in association with Gaynor Crawford | 17 March – 20 March |
Concert Hall |
 NEIL FINN |
Sydney Opera House by arrangement with Live Nation & Artist Voice | 18 March – 22 March |
Concert Hall |
 BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH |
Sydney Symphony | 19 March – 20 March |
Concert Hall |
| BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH TEA AND SYMPHONY |
Sydney Symphony | 21 March | Concert Hall |
 ENCORE |
Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards NSW | 24 March | Concert Hall |
.jpg) KIM BUMSOO SHOWCHESTRA |
JK Entertainment | 27 March | Concert Hall |
 Troy Cassar-Daley & Adam Harvey:The Great Country Song Book |
Troy Cassar-Daley, Adam Harvey, Artist Network & Sony Music | 28 March | Concert Hall |
 My Generation – 50 Years of The Who |
Empire Touring | 1 April | Studio |
| Event | Presenter | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gladiator with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra |
Sydney Symphony | 4 April – 5 April |
Concert Hall |
 MOZART & HAYDNTEA AND SYMPHONY |
Sydney Symphony | 4 April | Concert Hall |
 Joanna MacGregor (Piano) |
Sydney Opera House | 6 April | Utzon Room |
 HEAVENLY SCHUBERT |
Sydney Symphony | 10 April – 12 April |
Concert Hall |
 Haydn & Italian Cello |
Australian Chamber Orchestra | 13 April | Concert Hall |
 BUDDY GUY AND BANDWITH SPECIAL GUEST CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE AND BAND |
Sydney Opera House | 19 April | Concert Hall |
 Jeff Beck |
Live Nation | 21 April | Concert Hall |
 IRON AND WINE |
Sydney Opera House and FBi Radio | 23 April | Concert Hall |
 Mozart’s Quintet |
Omega Ensemble | 27 April | Utzon Room |
 THE JEZABELS |
Sydney Opera House by arrangement with Artist Voice | 28 April – 29 April |
Concert Hall |
 STRICTLY LUHRMANNMUSIC FROM THE MOVIES |
Sydney Symphony | 2 May – 3 May |
Concert Hall |
 DORISDORIS DAY – SO MUCH MORE THAN THE GIRL NEXT DOOR |
Jeff Lewis & Phil Bathols | 6 May – 11 May |
Drama Theatre |
 THE ‘RACH 3’: RUSSIAN MAESTROS |
Sydney Symphony | 8 May – 10 May |
Concert Hall |
 ELIJAH: CELESTIAL VOICES |
Sydney Symphony | 14 May – 17 May |
Concert Hall |
 Flinders Quartet: 2014 Concert Season Program 1 |
Flinders Quartet Inc | 14 May | Utzon Room |
 Dame Kiri Te Kanawa |
The Music House | 20 May | Joan Sutherland Theatre |
 Timeline |
Australian Chamber Orchestra | 25 May – 29 May |
Concert Hall |
 Timo-Veikko Valve (Cello) Neal Peres Da Costa (Harpsichord) |
Sydney Opera House | 1 June | Utzon Room |
 MOZART’S HAFFNER SYMPHONYTEA AND SYMPHONY |
Sydney Symphony | 6 June | Concert Hall |
 BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOSROBERTSON AND AX |
Sydney Symphony | 12 June – 14 June |
Concert Hall |
| Event | Presenter | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
 BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS 3 & 4ROBERTSON AND AX |
Sydney Symphony | 16 June – 18 June |
Concert Hall |
 BEETHOVEN’S EMPEROR PIANO CONCERTOROBERTSON AND AX |
Sydney Symphony | 20 June – 21 June |
Concert Hall |
 Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) |
Sydney Opera House | 22 June | Utzon Room |
.jpg) Anthony Warlow & Faith Prince |
John Frost & Phil Bathols | 27 June – 28 June |
Concert Hall |
 Emerson String Quartet |
Sydney Opera House | 29 June | Studio |
 Mahler 4 & Sibelius 6 |
Australian Chamber Orchestra | 29 June | Concert Hall |
 Alisa Weilerstein (Cello) |
Sydney Opera House | 7 July | Utzon Room |
 BRAHMS & DVORAK: ROMANTIC MASTERPIECES |
Sydney Symphony | 10 July – 12 July |
Concert Hall |
 JANDAMARRA: SING FOR COUNTRY |
Sydney Symphony | 16 July – 17 July |
Concert Hall |
| JANDAMARRA: SING FOR COUNTRY TEA & SYMPHONY |
Sydney Symphony | 18 July | Concert Hall |
 MOZART’S MUSICAL JOKE |
Australian Haydn Ensemble | 19 July | Utzon Room |
 HARP LEGENDS: SIMONE YOUNG CONDUCTS |
Sydney Symphony | 24 July – 28 July |
Concert Hall |
 Choir of King’s College, Cambridge |
Musica Viva | 26 July | Concert Hall |
 Bo Skovhus (Baritone) and Simone Young (Piano) |
Sydney Opera House | 27 July | Utzon Room |
 PEPE ROMERO: GUITAR FROM THE HEART |
Sydney Symphony | 1 August – 2 August |
Concert Hall |
 FOUR LAST SONGS:ROBERTSON & BREWER PERFORM STRAUSS |
Sydney Symphony | 13 August – 16 August |
Concert Hall |
 HEAR IT, FEEL IT: MUSIC, EMOTION AND THE BRAIN |
Sydney Symphony | 20 August – 21 August |
Concert Hall |
| HEAR IT, FEEL IT: MUSIC, EMOTION AND THE BRAIN TEA & SYMPHONY |
Sydney Symphony | 22 August | Concert Hall |
 Intimate Letters |
Australian Chamber Orchestra | 24 August | Concert Hall |
 SYMPHONIC INSPIRATION:ROBERTSON CONDUCTS BRAHMS |
Sydney Symphony | 29 August – 1 September |
Concert Hall |
| Flinders Quartet: 2014 Concert Season Program 2 |
Flinders Quartet Inc | 3 September | Utzon Room |
 Nicola Benedetti (Violin) |
Sydney Opera House | 7 September | Utzon Room |
 BRUCKNER 6:STEPHEN HOUGH PLAYS DVORAK |
Sydney Symphony | 17 September – 20 September |
Concert Hall |
 THE MATRIX: FILM IN CONCERT |
Sydney Symphony | 26 September – 27 September |
Concert Hall |
 Xuefei Yang (Classical Guitar) |
Sydney Opera House | 28 September | Utzon Room |
 BEETHOVEN’S PIANO CONCERTO |
Australian Haydn Ensemble | 29 September | Utzon Room |
 TCHAIKOVSKY 5& JAMES EHNES PERFORMS PROKOFIEV |
Sydney Symphony | 9 October – 11 October |
Concert Hall |
 DRAMATIC TRUMPET |
Sydney Symphony | 22 October – 23 October |
Concert Hall |
| DRAMATIC TRUMPET TEA AND SYMPHONY |
Sydney Symphony | 24 October | Concert Hall |
| Flinders Quartet: 2014 Concert Season Program 3 |
Flinders Quartet Inc | 29 October | Utzon Room |
 MAHLER 7: NIGHT MUSIC |
Sydney Symphony | 29 October – 1 November |
Concert Hall |
 Tognetti’s Beethoven |
Australian Chamber Orchestra | 2 November – 3 November |
Concert Hall |
 WEST SIDE STORY: ON STAGE AND SCREEN |
Sydney Symphony | 6 November – 8 November |
Concert Hall |
 Andreas Ottensamer (Clarinet) |
Sydney Opera House | 9 November | Utzon Room |
 MOZART, SCHUMANN & BEETHOVEN |
Sydney Symphony | 14 November | Concert Hall |
 VANSKA CONDUCTS BRAHMS |
Sydney Symphony | 19 November – 22 November |
Concert Hall |
 BRAHMS & MAHLER: SYMPHONIC FIRSTS |
Sydney Symphony | 27 November – 1 December |
Concert Hall |
 Marwood’s Serenade |
Australian Chamber Orchestra | 30 November | Concert Hall |
 ENIGMA VARIATIONS:ZIMMERMAN PLAYS SIBELIUS |
Sydney Symphony | 3 December – 6 December |
Concert Hall |
 CPE BACH’S 300TH ANNIVERSARY |
Australian Haydn Ensemble | 21 December | Utzon Room |
 Great Opera Hits |
Opera Australia | 5 January – 23 March |
Joan Sutherland Theatre |
 The Magic Flute |
Opera Australia | 10 January – 26 March |
Joan Sutherland Theatre |
 Carmen |
Opera Australia | 3 February – 29 March |
Joan Sutherland Theatre |
 Eugene Onegin |
Opera Australia | 28 February – 28 March |
Joan Sutherland Theatre |
 Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: Madama Butterfly |
Opera Australia | 21 March – 12 April |
Fleet Steps |
570x320.jpg) Rigoletto |
Opera Australia | 26 June – 24 August |
Joan Sutherland Theatre |
 Otello |
Opera Australia | 5 July – 2 August |
Joan Sutherland Theatre |
 Don Giovanni |
Opera Australia | 25 July – 30 August |
Joan Sutherland Theatre |
 Jonas Kaufmann |
Opera Australia | 10 August | Concert Hall |
 The Elixir Of Love |
Opera Australia | 11 August – 31 August |
Joan Sutherland Theatre |
| Presenter | Date | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Rodgers and Hammerstein The King and I |
Opera Australia | 9 September – 5 October |
Joan Sutherland Theatre |
| DATE | EVENT | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Feb, 2014Saturday |
Afternoon Tour – Rising Stars
|
1:00pm |
|
Morning Tour – Rising Stars
|
10:00am | |
|
Open Academy – Rising Stars
|
11:00am | |
|
Open Academy – Rising Stars
|
2:00pm | |
| 26 Feb, 2014Wednesday |
Lunchbreak Concert: Piano Unit
|
1:10pm |
|
Post-Concert Tour – Lunchbreak
|
2:00pm | |
|
Pre-Concert Tour – Lunchbreak
|
11:00am | |
| 28 Feb, 2014Friday | 
DMA Recital: Alfred Hill’s Concerto for Viola
|
6:00pm |
| 01 Mar, 2014Saturday |
Afternoon Tour – Rising Stars
|
1:00pm |
|
Morning Tour – Rising Stars
|
10:00am |
| 20 Feb, 2014 Thursday | Musica Viva presents Kelemen Quartet. Combining youthful brilliance with the finest Hungarian tradition, the Kelemen Quartet’s energetic flair and striking charisma adds a thrilling modern zest to their performance of music from their great compatriot Bartok alongside a world premiere by Ross Edwards and well-known masterpieces. | 7.30pm |
| 27 Feb, 2014 Thursday | Song Company. Fire of Love. From the courtly romance of the troubadours to the sensuous madrigal musings of Marenzio, this concert explores the fire of emotion. | 7.00pm |
| 20 March, 2014 Thursday |
Musica Viva presents Sitkovetsky Trio. This award-winning trio of acclaimed young solosits is conquering the globe with its unusual blend of dazzling virtuosity and heartfelt, thoughtful artistry. Their delight in playing together reaches out across the footlights to touch audiences in music by Smetana, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and a new work by Carl Vine. | 7.30pm |
| 27 March, 2014 Thursday | Free Lunchtime Concert. American cellist Eugene Friesen four time Grammy Award Winner. Friesen has broken new ground for the cello, using it in a wide variety of non-classical settings and creating new techniques to expand its role as a solo and accompanying instrument | 1.00pm |
| 10 April, 2014 Thursday | Free Lunchtime Concert. Romano Crivici. Crivici’s music has its roots in pop, contemporary, classical and native Australian sources…simple, haunting melodic patterns. | 1.00pm |
| 15 May, 2014Thursday | Musica Viva presents American Brass Quintet. In their first Australian appearance for four decades, the world’s leading ‘high priests of brass’ bring their rich-toned and perfectly matched sound to this unforgettable, masterly concert, spanning the centuries from the grandeur of Renaissance Venice to the high-octane excitement of the 21st century. | 7.30pm |
| 4 Sept, 2014Thursday | Musica Viva presents Imogen Cooper. One of the greatest pianists of her generation, Imogen Cooper CBE makes a long overdue return to Australia for this special program highlighting her poetic, insightful interpretations of the composers closest to her heart: Brahms, Schubert and Schumann. | 7.30pm |
| 25 Sept, 2014Thursday | Musica Viva presents Borodin Quartet. The legendary Borodin String Quartet is approaching its 70th concert season, so every concert glows with the unmistakable authenticity of experience and knowledge: the power behind the mighty ‘Borodin sound’, heard at its finest in music by Shostakovich and Beethoven. | 7.30pm |
| 8 Nov, 2014Thursday | Musica Viva presents Ray Chen with Timothy Young. Raised in Brisbane, jet-setting virtuoso Ray Chen is one of the brightest stars in the new generation of violinists. His first national recital tour (with the sensitive accompaniment of Timothy Young) has all the spectacular fireworks you could wish for, from the elegant finesse of Mozart and Prokofiev to the exuberant acrobatics of Sarasate. | 7.30pm |