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A musical Tempest with John Bell

2 – 3 May 2024

In the Concert Hall

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Classical Music

Conductor Umberto Clerici has curated this special performance with music by these great composers, presented alongside excepts from Shakespeare’s play performed by one of Australia’s greatest-ever actors, John Bell.

A spellbinding concert of words and music

Shakespeare’s plays have inspired composers for centuries, and none more so than The Tempest. A raging storm, a shipwreck, a usurping duke and an enchanted fairy: it has been fertile soil for composers including Purcell, Sibelius and Tchaikovsky.

Just as Prospero cast his spells on the inhabitants of his desert island, so too will John Bell and the Sydney Symphony enchant the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall in this very special presentation.

Presented by Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Programme

PURCELL Selections from The Tempest
SIBELIUS Selections from The Tempest: Suites 1 & 2
TCHAIKOVSKY The Tempest

Artist information

Umberto Clerici conductor and presenter
John Bell actor 

Other information

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