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Mozart & Harrison

Utzon Room

10 & 11 Oct 2025

  • Classical Music

The combination of clarinet and strings is a perfect match, the mellow woodwind balanced beautifully against the sprightly strings.

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Three violin players stand playing the violin in the Sydney Opera House Utzon Room with a cellist

Donald Runnicles conducts Sibelius & Wagner

Concert Hall

18 – 20 Sep 2025

  • Classical Music

Join the Sydney Symphony on this thrilling voyage across two striking visions of the ocean paired with Sibelius’ sweeping Symphony No.2.

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Donald Runnicles conducts Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony

Concert Hall

12 – 14 Sep 2025

  • Classical Music

A mighty, sweeping masterpiece that unleashes the full power of the orchestra; a bold statement that found universal approval.

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Donald Runnicles stands with baton in his left hand as he conducts the Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Simone Young conducts Richard Strauss

Concert Hall

3 – 6 Sep 2025

  • Classical Music

Strauss’ sublime shifts from darkness to light in Thus Spoke Zarathustra are timeless, and jaw-dropping to experience live.

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Simone Young conducts with baton in the hand in front of an orchestra

Mozart & Beethoven

Concert Hall

29 & 30 Aug 2025

  • Classical Music

These brilliant masterpieces by Beethoven and Mozart are often overlooked, but no less accomplished.

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A closeup headshot of violinist Akiko Suwanai

Schoenberg & Williams

Utzon Room

29 & 30 Aug 2025

  • Classical Music

Schoenberg’s Transfigured Night is an intoxicating work. Influenced hugely by Brahms and Wagner.

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A closeup of two violin players side by side

Stephen Layton conducts Bach, Mozart & Handel

Concert Hall

21 & 23 Aug 2025

  • Classical Music

Stephen Layton is one of the world's greatest choral conductors, an expert in vocal music from the Renaissance to the modern day.

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Stephen Layton conducts an Orchestra with arms outstretched

Javier Perianes performs Saint-Saëns

Concert Hall

30 Jul – 2 Aug 2025

  • Classical Music

Prepare for a fascinating voyage through exotic landscapes to the great expanses of the human heart.

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Pianist Javier Perianes sits in front of a grand piano

Bruch & Gatti

Utzon Room

25 & 26 Jul 2025

  • Classical Music

Chamber music is often intimate and intricate, but it can also be grand and sumptuous.

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A female violinist plays the violin in front of a Chamber Orchestra

Ravel & Falla

Concert Hall

10 – 13 Jul 2025

  • Classical Music

Spanish music is full of life. From Ravel’s heart-pounding conclusion to Bolero to Falla’s rousing The Three-Cornered Hat, this concert will thrill and transport you.

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