Skål World Congress 2010 – Sydney Opera and Skål
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There Is Nothing Like A Skål Congress In Sydney. Sydney in October is a great time to visit and the Skål Congress is a perfect excuse…so make the most of your time. It is Opera Season in Sydney. Skålleagues should not miss one of the city’s great icons, the Sydney Opera House- take in a tour or a performance.
Back Stage Tours
This intimate tour grants you exclusive access to areas normally reserved for the stars and their crew. Limited to 8 people per tour, you will visit the backstage areas of one of the busiest performing arts centres in the world as it prepares for the upcoming performances.
Stand on the Concert Hall stage where some of the world’s performing legends, such as Dame Joan Sutherland, Michael Bublé, Pavarotti and Australian Idols, have stood. Take up the conductor’s baton in the Opera Theatre orchestra pit. Peek inside the dressing rooms of the stars. And hear about the secrets and real-life dramas that go on behind the curtain. Duration: 2 hours.
The Opera Calendar features…
The Marriage of Figaro
Dates: 23 July – 23 October
Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro has been described as a near perfect opera. Words and music come together, brilliantly, in a comedy spiced with the politics of revolution. Don’t miss Teddy Tahu Rhodes in his role debut as Figaro.
The Pirates of Penzance
Dates: 25 August – 6 November
The inimitable Australian singer Anthony Warlow dons his cutlass for another voyage as Gilbert & Sullivan’s foot-stomping, wise-cracking, feel-good show sails back into town, complete with its crazy cartoons, swashbuckling heroes and dainty heroines, performed by the stars of Opera Australia.
Rigoletto
Dates: 18 September – 4 November
Opera Australia is thrilled to welcome back one of Britain’s most distinguished baritones to make his Australian role debut. Alan Opie is a regular guest at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Milan and the Royal Opera House. He now brings his celebrated interpretation of Rigoletto to the Sydney Opera House for the first time.
Der Rosenkavalier
Dates: 1 October – 30 October
Strauss’s rapturous tale of life, love and the passage of time is back with a new Marschallin, Cheryl Barker, gliding her way through this classic production. The words are ever bittersweet, and the music finds timeless and complex beauty in a Viennese waltz, heartache in a simple song.
If Opera is not for you, what about the Symphony?
The Sydney Symphony is performing in the Concert Hall!
Rhapsody in Blue – Gershwin and Friends
Enter the jazz age – the Paris of Josephine Baker and Picasso, the New York of Dorothy Parker and Irving Berlin, the smooth sound of the clarinet, the smoky trumpet.
Mix it all up with folk mythology, authentic jazz, and real Parisian taxi horns and you get the heady impression of music at its most vital. Dates: 8 – 9 October.
Sydney Opera House is a masterpiece of late modern architecture. It is admired internationally and proudly treasured by the people of Australia. Sydney Opera House has earned a reputation as a world-class performing arts centre.
For more details visit our website: www.skalsydney2010.travel.
Conference Registration: http://skalnet20.skal.org/sydney_congress
