Date: Tuesday, 23 October 2007
Performance Time: 1900 hours
Venue: Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House
Tickets: A Reserve
Cost: A$183.00 per person
Date: Tuesday, 30 October 2007
Performance Time: 1900 hours
Venue: Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House
Tickets: A Reserve
Cost: A$183.00 per person
Tannhäuser is two medieval myths in one. The original Tannhäuser is a knight torn between the delights of Venus and their selfless love of a virtuous woman. To this Wagner adds a song contest in which Tannhäuser must compete for Elisabeth, his true love and only chance of redemption. Love sex, death and religion come together with a mixture of gothic imagery, extravagant coups de theatre and extraordinary music.
Language: Sung in German with surtitles
Running time: Three hours and fifty minutes including two twenty-minute intervals.
Composer: Richard Wagner
Date: Thursday, 25 October 2007
Performance Time: 1930 hours
Venue: Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House
Tickets: A Reserve
Cost: A$114.00 per person
The impoverished Duke and Duchess of Plaza-Toro come to Venice in search of the heir to the throne of Barataria, inconveniently mislaid at birth and betrothed to their daughter. The most likely candidates are two handsome gondoliers, far more interested in parties than politics and, what's more, just married! It takes the help of the nursemaid to unravel the knots in this particularly twisty tale.
Language: Sung in English
Running time: Two hours and fifty minutes including one twenty-minute interval.
Composer: William Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
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Please note that all tickets will be available for collection by delegates from the Sydney Opera House box office from 1800 hours on the day of the performance. You will be required to provide photo identification (i.e. Australian Driver’s Licence or Passport) upon collection. Tickets will be reserved in the registered delegate’s family name.
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