Hosted by Conductor Director Lighting Designer Production Manager Anthony Warlow Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager Crissie Higgins Richard Hickox Stuart Maunder Colin Alexander Paul Spillane Emma Beaurepaire Maree Kanowski Musical Preparation Jennifer Marten-Smith Stephen Walter Opera Australia Chorus Chorusmaster Assistant Chorusmaster Michael Black Kate Golla Opera Australia Children’s Chorus Chorus Preparation Kate Golla Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra Concertmaster Aubrey Murphy For Opera Australia Chief Executive Musical Director Executive Producer Manager, Opera Enterprises Coordinator, Opera Enterprises Adrian Collette Richard Hockox CBE Stuart Maunder Alex Budd Sam Russell Produced for television in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Executive Producer Producer Director Technical Producers Paul Clarke Stephen Burstow Joe Murray Roy Jeffery Donn Hogan 076 2751 Music Producer Lighting Director OPERA AUSTRALIA Malcolm Batty Graham Brumley ACS 50th Birthday Gala Concert OPERA AUSTRALIA 50th Birthday Gala Concert War and Peace Fidelio by Sergei Prokofiev Overture (excerpt) by Ludwig van Beethoven Libretto by Joseph Sonnleithner The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder by Richard Wagner Libretto by Richard Wagner by Franz Léhar Libretto by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein English words by Christopher Hassall Dite: chi è quella femina (Act I Finale) Vilja Fiona Janes mezzo-soprano Richard Alexander bass Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano Natalie Jones soprano Kanen Breen tenor John Pringle baritone Richard Anderson bass Opera Australia Chorus Yvonne Kenny soprano Opera Australia Chorus The Tales of Hoffmann Nabucco John Wegner bass Emma Matthews soprano Opera Australia Chorus Opera Australia Chorus Tannhäuser The Merry Widow Rosario La Spina tenor Richard Anderson bass Michael Lewis baritone Pamela Helen Stephen mezzo-soprano Natalie Jones soprano Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) Elizabeth Connell soprano by Jacques Offenbach Libretto by Jules Barbier Scintille, diamant Les oiseaux dans la charmille (The Doll Song) Liebestod Michael Lewis baritone Lisa Gasteen soprano by Gioachino Rossini Libretto by Angelo Anelli by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Temistocle Solera It’s here – my plane! Peter Coleman-Wright baritone Opera Australia Chorus Warwick Fyfe baritone Henry Choo tenor Sarah Crane soprano Catherine Carby mezzo-soprano Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano La donna è mobile Un dì, se ben rammentomi (Act III Quartet) by Richard Wagner Libretto by Richard Wagner Dich, teure Halle (Elizabeth’s Aria) The Italian Girl in Algiers by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave Tristan und Isolde by John Haddock Libretto by John Haddock and Michael Campbell Ha! Welch’ ein Augenblick Hm hm hm hm (Act I Quintet) Rigoletto Madeline Lee La bohème Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Arrigo Boito Tutto nel mondo è burla (Act III Finale) John Pringle baritone Henry Choo tenor Fiona Janes mezzo-soprano Yvonne Kenny soprano Catherine Carby mezzo-soprano Hye Seoung Kwon soprano Michael Lewis baritone Kanen Breen tenor Christopher Dawes tenor Richard Anderson bass Opera Australia Chorus by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa A Midsummer Night’s Dream Quando m’en vo by Benjamin Britten Libretto adapted by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears from the play by William Shakespeare Natalie Jones soprano Peter Coleman-Wright baritone John Bolton Wood baritone Tiffany Speight soprano Rosario La Spina tenor Warwick Fyfe baritone Jud Arthur bass Now until the break of day Graham Pushee countertenor Emma Matthews soprano Anthony Warlow actor Opera Australia Children’s Chorus