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Opera Australia

Season 2025

Some of Australia’s brightest stars are taking the stage in Opera Australia’s 2025 season.

Dreams, desire and destiny collide in this season of fantasy and fairy tales, heart and humour, music and magic. Plan your year of nights out under the spectacular sails of the Sydney Opera House.

New Year’s Eve

New Year’s Eve Opera Gala 2024

31 Dec 2024

Dress up to the nines, kick up your heels and leave the crowds behind as you stroll towards the iconic sails and make it your most glamorous New Year ever.

  • Opera
  • Opera Australia

Cinderella on New Year’s Eve

31 Dec 2024

A prince, a ball, a woman in flight. Will they find true love before midnight?

  • Opera
  • Opera Australia

Summer

Great Opera Hits 2025

29 Dec 2024 – 29 Mar 2025

Stroll down to the iconic Sydney Opera House and join the stars of Opera Australia for a 90-minute summer afternoon concert of the greatest hits of opera.

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  • Opera Australia

Cinderella

2 Jan – 28 Mar 2025

Feel all the magic of the fairy tale with enchanting music, playful choreography and extravagant costumes in this whimsical production of the classic opera.

  • Opera
  • Opera Australia

The Barber of Seville

18 Jan – 28 Feb 2025

A rollicking, laugh-out-loud comedy about everyone’s favourite friendly neighbourhood barber: Fi-ga-ro! Figaro! Figaro!

  • Opera
  • Opera Australia

La Traviata

23 Jan – 27 Mar 2025

Glamour, riches and a tragic secret: this is the story of a courtesan falling in love. Classic opera with stunning costumes and outstanding music.

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  • Opera Australia
Woman in gold ballgown stands away from other partygoers

Opera Up Late

30 Jan 2025

Opera’s greatest late-night party returns for its third year, hosted by Reuben Kaye.

  • Opera
  • Cabaret
  • Opera Australia

Candide

20 Feb – 14 Mar 2025

A hilarious satire set to dazzling music by West Side Story composer Leonard Bernstein.

  • Opera
  • Musical Theatre
  • Opera Australia

Dido & Aeneas

13 – 29 Mar 2025

Exhilarating acrobatics meet stunning voices in this thrilling new production of a timeless love story, featuring Circa acrobats, slick costumes and poignant music.

  • Opera
  • Circus
  • Opera Australia

Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: Guys & Dolls

21 Mar – 20 Apr 2025

Guys & Dolls explodes onto Sydney Harbour! Expect big laughs and even bigger song and dance numbers in the Broadway classic rom-com musical.

  • Musical Theatre
  • Opera Australia

Winter

Carmen

10 Jul – 19 Sep 2025

When Carmen meets Don José, sparks fly. This adrenaline-pumping ride through love and jealousy has famous music, including the Toreador song, and a thrilling plot.

  • Opera
  • Opera Australia

Rusalka

19 Jul – 11 Aug 2025

A water nymph longs to live and love as a human and will sacrifice everything to get there. Superstar Australian soprano Nicole Car plays Rusalka.

  • Opera
  • Opera Australia

The Marriage of Figaro

31 Jul – 27 Aug 2025

A classic comedy brimming with sex, lies and endless surprises. Mozart’s famous melodies will have you humming along.

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  • Opera Australia

La Bohème

23 Aug – 20 Sep 2025

Step into glittering 1930s Berlin in this spectacular staging of an opera’s most moving classic.

  • Opera
  • Opera Australia

Rent

27 Sep – 1 Nov 2025

Step into the vibrant streets of New York City's East Village, where dreams are born, friendships are tested, and the power of love prevails against all odds.

  • Musical Theatre
  • Opera