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News: OperaChaser Critics Awards (OCCAs) 2025 Winners

5th February, 2026

Cody Green: Solo Recital Commission Fundraiser

2nd February, 2026

Victorian Opera: The Pirates of Penzance

2nd February, 2026

Signature Choir and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Mana Moana

1st February, 2026

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers’ Showcase

26th January, 2026

Circa: Duck Pond

16th January, 2026

Reviews

Cody Green: Solo Recital Commission Fundraiser

by Julie McErlain 2nd February, 2026

Highly esteemed educator and international concert performer, Coady Green is a committed champion of Australian works and new compositions, tonight supporting …

by Julie McErlain 2nd February, 2026

Victorian Opera: The Pirates of Penzance

2nd February, 2026

by Heather Leviston 2nd February, 2026

Signature Choir and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Mana Moana

1st February, 2026

by Margaret Arnold 1st February, 2026

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers’ Showcase

26th January, 2026

by Julie McErlain 26th January, 2026

Circa: Duck Pond

16th January, 2026

by Paris Wages 16th January, 2026

News

News: OperaChaser Critics Awards (OCCAs) 2025 Winners

by Classic Melbourne 5th February, 2026

Here is what you have all been waiting for: the Winners of the inaugural OperaChaser Critics Awards (OCCAs) for 2025. Below …

by Classic Melbourne 5th February, 2026

News: Nominations for the OperaChaser Critics Awards 2025

31st December, 2025

by Heather Leviston 31st December, 2025

News: Peninsula Summer Music Festival 2026

17th December, 2025

by Classic Melbourne 17th December, 2025

Victorian Opera: Season 2026

8th October, 2025

by Classic Melbourne 8th October, 2025

News: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Season 2026 – Celebrating 120 Years

15th August, 2025

by Heather Leviston 15th August, 2025

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January 29

January 29 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Harry Hodgman – Solo Piano

January 30

January 30 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Rieko Makita: Night & Reflections

January 31

January 31 @ 2:00 pm - 4:10 pm

Victorian Opera: The Pirates of Penzance

January 31 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Forest Collective: Queer Sound Exchange

January 31 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Signature Choir x MSO Mana Moana – Spirit of the ocean

January 31 @ 7:30 pm - 9:40 pm

Victorian Opera: The Pirates of Penzance

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February 2

February 2 @ 7:30 pm - 9:40 pm

Victorian Opera: The Pirates of Penzance

February 3

February 3 @ 7:30 pm - 9:40 pm

Victorian Opera: The Pirates of Penzance

February 3 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Brunswick Beethoven Festival – Concert One: Imaginista Quartet

February 4

February 4 @ 7:30 pm - 9:40 pm

Victorian Opera: The Pirates of Penzance

February 4 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Brunswick Beethoven Festival – Concert Two: Michael Burden, Counter Tenor & Hannah Lane, Baroque Harp ‘Through Love’s Eyes’

February 5

February 5 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Bach Akademie Australia: Bach’s Motets

February 5 @ 7:30 pm - 9:40 pm

Victorian Opera: The Pirates of Penzance

February 5 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Andrea Keller’s Transients

February 5 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Brunswick Beethoven Festival – Concert Three: Paul Grabowsky & Mindy Meng Wang

February 6

February 6 @ 7:30 pm - 9:40 pm

Victorian Opera: The Pirates of Penzance

February 6 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Brunswick Beethoven Festival – Concert Four: Elisabetta Ghebbioni ‘Mediterraneo’, Italian Harpist

February 7

February 7 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Australian Chamber Orchestra Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody

February 7 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Brunswick Beethoven Festival – Concert Five: Kristian Winther, Violin & Konstantin Shamray, Piano

February 9

February 9 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Australian Chamber Orchestra Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody

February 10

February 10 @ 7:30 pm - 9:20 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 2026 Sidney Myer Free Concerts: Symphonic Celebration

February 11

February 11 @ 7:30 pm - 9:20 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 2026 Sidney Myer Free Concerts: Melbourne Youth Orchestra -Fire & Fantasy

February 12

February 12 @ 7:00 am - 8:45 pm

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Baroque Masters

February 12 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Wattleseed Ensemble: Sanctuary // Wattleseed @ St John’s

February 13

February 13 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Wattleseed Ensemble

February 7

February 7 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Australian Chamber Orchestra Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody

February 7 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Brunswick Beethoven Festival – Concert Five: Kristian Winther, Violin & Konstantin Shamray, Piano

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February 9

February 9 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Australian Chamber Orchestra Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody

February 10

February 10 @ 7:30 pm - 9:20 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 2026 Sidney Myer Free Concerts: Symphonic Celebration

February 11

February 11 @ 7:30 pm - 9:20 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 2026 Sidney Myer Free Concerts: Melbourne Youth Orchestra -Fire & Fantasy

February 12

February 12 @ 7:00 am - 8:45 pm

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Baroque Masters

February 12 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Wattleseed Ensemble: Sanctuary // Wattleseed @ St John’s

February 13

February 13 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Wattleseed Ensemble

February 13 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 2026 Sidney Myer Free Concerts: MSO x Find Your Voice Collective | SONDER

February 14

February 14 @ 5:00 pm - 6:45 pm

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Baroque Masters

February 14 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 2026 Sidney Myer Free Concerts: 50 Years of ABC Classic

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February 18

February 18 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Omega Ensemble: Starburst

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