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Gilbert & Sullivan

The Pirates of Penzance

31 January – 6 February 2026
Palais Theatre

Calvin Bowman, Anna Goldsworthy

The Magic Pudding: The Opera

15–30 May 2026
The Round, Darebin Arts Centre, Bunjil Place

Calvin Bowman, Anna Goldsworthy

The Magic Pudding: The Opera

15–29 May 2026
The Round (Nunawading), Darebin Arts Centre, Bunjil Place, Online

Claudio Monteverdi in the version by Elena Kats-Chernin

The Coronation of Poppea

30 June – 4 July 2026
Palais Theatre

Reg Livermore

Reg Livermore’s Ned Kelly: The Musical

28 March 2026
Her Majesty's Theatre, Ballarat

The Heart of Opera

22 March 2026
Castlemaine Town Hall

A Ballarat Arts Foundation fundraiser

A Poet’s Guide to Love and Loss

31 August 2025
Ballarat Mechanics Institute, Humffray Room

Stephen Sondheim, James Goldman

Follies

1–6 February 2025
Palais Theatre, St Kilda

Jonathon Dove, Alasdair Middleton

Mansfield Park at Rippon Lea Estate

5 March 2025
Rippon Lea Estate

Jonathon Dove, Alasdair Middleton

Mansfield Park

4–5 April 2025
Her Majesty's Theatre, Ballarat

Jayde Kirchert, Peter Rutherford

The Lyrebird’s Voice

8–23 May 2025
The Round (Nunawading), Darebin Arts Centre, Frankston Arts Centre

Jayde Kirchert, Peter Rutherford

The Lyrebird’s Voice (for schools)

9–22 May 2025
The Round (Nunawading), Darebin Arts Centre, Frankston Arts Centre, Online

Jonathon Dove, Alasdair Middleton

Mansfield Park at Horti Hall

30–31 May 2025
Horti Hall | Hemstritch Studio

Jonathon Dove, Alasdair Middleton

Mansfield Park at Montsalvat

6 June 2025
Montsalvat

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gottlieb Stephanie

Abduction

12–16 August 2025
Palais Theatre, St Kilda

Leoš Janáček

Katya Kabanova

14–16 October 2025
Palais Theatre, St Kilda

Martin Wesley-Smith, Peter Wesley-Smith

Boojum!

7–23 November 2025
Horti Hall, Hemstritch Studio

Various

The Big Christmas Sing

30 November 2025
Civic Hall, Ballarat

Presented by Sydney Festival

Il Tabarro

9–13 January 2024
Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney

Leonard Bernstein

Candide

8–10 February 2024
Palais Theatre, St Kilda

Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO

Parrwang Lifts the Sky

24–25 May 2024
Civic Hall, Ballarat

Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO

Parrwang Lifts the Sky

10–18 May 2024
Merlyn Theatre, Malthouse

Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO

Parrwang Lifts the Sky

10–24 May 2024
Merlyn Theatre, Malthouse

Mozart, Verdi, Borodin, Gilbert & Sullivan

OperaBox

31 May – 1 June 2024
Melba Hall, The University of Melbourne

MALCOLM WILLIAMSON, AO (HON) CBE

English Eccentrics

4–6 July 2024
Union Theatre, University of Melbourne (Parkville)

Celebration in Song

9 June 2024
Post Office Box Theatre, Ballarat

Giacomo Puccini

La Rondine (The Swallow)

8–10 August 2024
Palais Theatre, St Kilda

Peter Rutherford

The Lyrebird’s Voice

4 October 2024
Barn Gallery, Montsalvat

Jonathan Mills, Meredith Oakes

Eucalyptus: The Opera

16–19 October 2024
Palais Theatre, St Kilda

Various

VOYCE Concert

28 June 2025
Horti Hall | Hemstritch Studio

VOYCE Showcase

2 November 2024, 2:00pm
Melba Hall, The University of Melbourne

5 Fridays in November

1–29 November 2024
Horti Hall | Hemstritch Studio

Jonathan Mills, Meredith Oakes

Eucalyptus – DIGITAL ACCESS

Video On Demand

From 18 October 2024

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gottlieb Stephanie

Abduction – DIGITAL ACCESS

Video On Demand

From 14 August 2025 – 14 February 2026

Special Event

VOYCE Showcase Concert

15 September 2023, 7:30pm
Melba Hall, The University of Melbourne

Special Event

Mother’s Day Soiree

14 May 2023, 5:00pm
Loreto College, Ballarat

Special Event

Dido and Aeneas

21–22 July 2023
Melba Hall

Special Event

New Work Opera Studio

7 July 2023
The Barn Gallery, Montsalvat

Joe Twist

The Grumpiest Boy in the World

23–24 June 2023
Arts Centre Melbourne, Playhouse

Joe Twist

The Grumpiest Boy in the World

Video On Demand

From 23–24 June 2023

Special Event

The Big Sing

11 June 2023
Ballarat Civic Hall

Dimitri Shostakovich

Melbourne, Cheremushki

22–25 March 2023
Arts Centre Melbourne, Playhouse

Gioachino Rossini

La Cenerentola (Cinderella)

10 March 2023
Melbourne Recital Centre

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Idomeneo

4–8 July 2023
Palais Theatre, St Kilda

Richard Strauss

Capriccio

31 August 2023
Palais Theatre, St Kilda

Richard Strauss

Capriccio

31 August 2023
Palais Theatre, St Kilda

In Concert with Jessica Pratt

Bravo Bellini

2 September 2023
Palais Theatre, St Kilda

Christopher Sainsbury

The Visitors

Video On Demand

From 18–21 October 2023

Christopher Sainsbury

The Visitors

18–21 October 2023
Arts Centre Melbourne, Playhouse

Richard Mills

Galileo

20 December 2023
Palais Theatre, St Kilda

Richard Mills

Galileo

Video On Demand

From 20–23 December 2023

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