TRILOGY: Stravinsky, Mills & Shostakovich

  • Classical Music
  • Concert Hall
  • Run time: 130 minutes, one 20 twenty minute interval Subject to change
  • Seating map

Celebrating 15 Years of Performance

Following the resounding success of the Australian World Orchestra’s 2025 season, Alexander Briger returns with Australia’s finest for an unforgettable 2026 program. The AWO celebrates its 15th Anniversary with two 20th-century masterpieces and the world premiere of Songs for a Stranger — a song cycle inspired by the Opera Eucalyptus by Jonathan Mills, featuring Australian tenor Michael Petruccelli.  

Stravinsky’s Petrushka bursts with colour and vitality, its tragic puppet hero glowing through dazzling orchestration. Mills’s Songs for a Stranger fuses modern textures with emotional immediacy, evoking the Australian soundscape. Finally, Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony, written in Stalin’s shadow, surges from darkness to blazing triumph.   

Do not miss a night of brilliance, beauty and breathtaking orchestral storytelling — a true celebration of the AWO performing at its peak.

Presented by Australian World Orchestra

Event details

...an incredible collection of more than 90 superb musicians, the result is a fine tuned, exquisite performance which cannot be matched.

Sydney Arts Guide

Artists

Alexander Briger
Conductor

Michael Petruccelli
Tenor

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Attending this event

Plan your visit

Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Concert Hall

The Concert Hall is located beneath the largest of Sydney Opera House’s roof sails, filling the upper levels of the west side of the building. Best accessed through the covered concourse. 

All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).

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