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Rutter’s Requiem and the 16th RMP Aria Final
Rutter’s Requiem and the 16th RMP Aria Final
August 14, 2022 @ 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm
$25 – $56
Now firmly established as one of Australia’s most prestigious singing events, the RMP Aria is Australia’s
pre-eminent competition for oratorio soloists. Previous winners now rank amongst the nation’s most successful concert artists, with many having gone on to spectacular international careers. Hear some Australia’s finest oratorio soloists perform spectacular Arias and Recitatives from the world of oratorio, accompanied by piano. Together they will compete for thousands of dollars worth of cash and prizes, and a future invitation to appear as a soloist with the RMP.
Following the Final, RMP Chief Conductor Andrew Wailes will direct a performance by the RMP Oratorio Festival Choir, consisting of singers from the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir, Melbourne University Choral Society and Box Hill Chorale, along with a chamber ensemble of players from the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra, in a performance of composer John Rutter’s much-loved Requiem.
3.00pm Sunday 14 August 2022 (Afternoon matinee performance of Rutter’s Requiem) Session Ends: 4.15pm
Tickets: $25 – $29
7.00pm Sunday 14 August 2022 (Evening Gala including the 16th RMP Aria and Rutter’s Requiem and Champagne supper) Session Ends: 10.00pm
Tickets: $36 – $
Note that the Aria Final will only take place at 7pm. The afternoon performance of Rutter’s Requiem will not include entry to the evening Final.
Venue: Deakin Edge (formerly BMW Edge)
Cnr Swanston Street and Flinders Street, Federation Square
Cnr Swanston Street and Flinders Street, Federation Square
Now firmly established as one of Australia’s most prestigious singing events, the RMP Aria is Australia’s
pre-eminent competition for oratorio soloists. Previous winners now rank amongst the nation’s most successful concert artists, with many having gone on to spectacular international careers. Hear some Australia’s finest oratorio soloists perform spectacular Arias and Recitatives from the world of oratorio, accompanied by piano. Together they will compete for thousands of dollars worth of cash and prizes, and a future invitation to appear as a soloist with the RMP.
Following the Final, RMP Chief Conductor Andrew Wailes will direct a performance by the RMP Oratorio Festival Choir, consisting of singers from the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir, Melbourne University Choral Society and Box Hill Chorale, along with a chamber ensemble of players from the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra, in a performance of composer John Rutter’s much-loved Requiem.
3.00pm Sunday 14 August 2022 (Afternoon matinee performance of Rutter’s Requiem) Session Ends: 4.15pm
Tickets: $25 – $29
7.00pm Sunday 14 August 2022 (Evening Gala including the 16th RMP Aria and Rutter’s Requiem and Champagne supper) Session Ends: 10.00pm
Tickets: $36 – $
Note that the Aria Final will only take place at 7pm. The afternoon performance of Rutter’s Requiem will not include entry to the evening Final.
Venue: Deakin Edge (formerly BMW Edge)
Cnr Swanston Street and Flinders Street, Federation Square
Cnr Swanston Street and Flinders Street, Federation Square