ANNOUNCING OUR 2019 SEASON
Rockdale Opera Company is pleased to announce its season for 2019.
Our ever popular CABARET will return to the Cedric Ashton Auditorium on Saturday 13th April, with a matinee at 2pm and an evening performance at 7.30pm. As always, you will be treated to a delightful mix of favourites from opera, operetta and Gilbert and Sullivan. Ticket will include a complimentary drink on arrival and shared savoury platters at your table.
In June, 22nd, 23rd, 29th and 30th, after an absence of 12 years, Gilbert and Sullivan's much loved operetta, THE MIKADO, will make its welcome return to Rockdale Town Hall in a brand new production.
Our final production for 2019 will be Johann Strauss' wonderful comic opera THE GYPSY BARON on 9th, 10th, 16th and 17th November. Having not been seen at Rockdale since 1997, we look forward to bringing you this treasured and colourful work, with its beautiful waltzes, haunting gypsy melodies and rousing military choruses and marches.
Bookings will open towards the end of the year in time for Christmas gifts for your music loving friends and relatives!
Auditions for The Mikado will be announced at the end of this year and will be held in early 2019.
Our ever popular CABARET will return to the Cedric Ashton Auditorium on Saturday 13th April, with a matinee at 2pm and an evening performance at 7.30pm. As always, you will be treated to a delightful mix of favourites from opera, operetta and Gilbert and Sullivan. Ticket will include a complimentary drink on arrival and shared savoury platters at your table.
In June, 22nd, 23rd, 29th and 30th, after an absence of 12 years, Gilbert and Sullivan's much loved operetta, THE MIKADO, will make its welcome return to Rockdale Town Hall in a brand new production.
Our final production for 2019 will be Johann Strauss' wonderful comic opera THE GYPSY BARON on 9th, 10th, 16th and 17th November. Having not been seen at Rockdale since 1997, we look forward to bringing you this treasured and colourful work, with its beautiful waltzes, haunting gypsy melodies and rousing military choruses and marches.
Bookings will open towards the end of the year in time for Christmas gifts for your music loving friends and relatives!
Auditions for The Mikado will be announced at the end of this year and will be held in early 2019.
70th ANNIVERSARY GALA CONCERT - NOVEMBER 18
On Sunday November 18th at 4pm, our 70th Anniversary will culminate in a Gala Concert, a celebration of the glorious music performed by the Company over the past 7 decades. We are excited to have the involvement of many past performers, famous and otherwise!
All tickets are $60, which includes a complimentary souvenir program
All tickets are $60, which includes a complimentary souvenir program
We are thrilled to announce that international opera stars
José Carbó, Barry Ryan OAM and John Bolton Wood AM will headline our Gala Concert!
They will be joined by OA performer Lisa Cooper and SBS presenter and singer, Silvia Colloca
Joining these superstars will be a host of Sydney's finest operatic stars (and Rockdale Opera Company favourites!) including:
Gerard Atkinson, Megan Chalmers, Jermaine Chau, Gordon Costello, Rik Dawson, Jeremy Dubé, Rachael Fullston, Michael Handy, Jessica Harper, Rebecca Hart, Georgia Kokkoris, Samanta Lestavel, John Morrison, Lisa Munckton, Kate Wilmot, Camilla Wright, Daniel Verschuer, John de Voy and Michaella Zhang.
José Carbó, Barry Ryan OAM and John Bolton Wood AM will headline our Gala Concert!
They will be joined by OA performer Lisa Cooper and SBS presenter and singer, Silvia Colloca
Joining these superstars will be a host of Sydney's finest operatic stars (and Rockdale Opera Company favourites!) including:
Gerard Atkinson, Megan Chalmers, Jermaine Chau, Gordon Costello, Rik Dawson, Jeremy Dubé, Rachael Fullston, Michael Handy, Jessica Harper, Rebecca Hart, Georgia Kokkoris, Samanta Lestavel, John Morrison, Lisa Munckton, Kate Wilmot, Camilla Wright, Daniel Verschuer, John de Voy and Michaella Zhang.
Online ticket sales cease 9am the morning of the performance
Tickets to our 70TH ANNIVERSARY GALA CONCERT can also be arranged over the phone on 02 81971796
Please be prepared to leave your name and phone number on the I WANNA TICKET answering machine service. The reception staff should return your call within 2 working days, during business hours. We recommend purchasing your tickets in advance online using a desktop computer as the online ticketing system can be difficult to navigate on a tablet or smartphone.
Alternately, tickets are available for purchase at the Rockdale Town Hall 1 hour prior to all performances.
Please be prepared to leave your name and phone number on the I WANNA TICKET answering machine service. The reception staff should return your call within 2 working days, during business hours. We recommend purchasing your tickets in advance online using a desktop computer as the online ticketing system can be difficult to navigate on a tablet or smartphone.
Alternately, tickets are available for purchase at the Rockdale Town Hall 1 hour prior to all performances.
SEVENTY YEARS AT ROCKDALE OPERA COMPANY - AVAILABLE NOW!
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Our 70th Anniversary Commemorative Book is available now for purchase...
$25 for a walk down memory’s lane covering 70 glorious years at Rockdale opera - information, photos, statistics, tributes and reminiscences! and YOU could be in it! The book can be purchased at our upcoming production of THE TALES OF HOFFMANN, mailed (Postage $5) or picked up from the Committee by arrangement. Contact us at rocopinfo@tpg.com.au for your copy today! |
Rockdale Opera Company's 2018 70th Anniversary Season
To celebrate this milestone, there will be three special performances during the year, an exhibition at
Rockdale Library and a book for sale – a photographic history of the Company.
Rockdale Library and a book for sale – a photographic history of the Company.
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Our third Rendezvous at Orlofsky's Cabaret was a huge success and a complete sell-out with the audiences enjoying a program of favourites from a wonderful group of young principals and the fabulous ROC Ensemble.
In August (18th, 19th, 25th and 26th) we present our major theatrical production, Jacques Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann - a wonderful grand opera with opportunities for marvellous singing by the Company and featuring the well-known and very beautiful Doll Song and the glorious Barcarolle. On Sunday November 18th at 4pm, our 70th Anniversary will culminate in a Gala Concert, a celebration of the glorious music performed by the Company over the past 7 decades. We are excited to have the involvement of many past performers, famous and otherwise! All tickets are $60, which includes a complimentary souvenir program. Our 70th Anniversary Commemorative Book is available now for purchase. $25 for a walk down memory’s lane covering 70 glorious years at Rockdale opera - information, photos, statistics, tributes and reminiscences! They can be purchased at our upcoming production of THE TALES OF HOFFMANN, mailed ($5 stage) or picked up from the Committee by arrangement. Contact us at rocopinfo@tpg.com.au for your copy today! |
ROCKDALE OPERA COMPANY CO PATRONS DANIEL SUMEGI & JOSÉ CARBÓ
A message from Daniel Sumegi“As Australia’s oldest opera company, Rockdale Opera Company has provided a much needed platform for young aspiring professionals to ‘tread the boards’ alongside the people that make up the bulk of the company - the true opera lovers. I made my solo debut at Rockdale 31 years ago as Fiorello in The Barber of Seville alongside the beautiful Deborah Riedel. Having then sung in four other productions with ROC in my early days, I moved out into the wider vocal world - where I have proudly been singing professionally since 1988.
Rockdale Opera Company is very much a community organisation and has been generously supported by the Rockdale City Council for many generations.The word ‘Rockdale’ resonates so powerfully throughout the operatic family and I sincerely hope this invaluable cornerstone of our culture continues to flourish”. |
A message from José Carbó"As an up and coming singer, I was fortunate to have performed five roles with the company. Since establishing my professional career, I now consider it an honour and a responsibility to ensure there continues to be a platform which will enable the company to further prosper and adapt to the requirements and demands of present day live operatic entertainment. It is vital we succeed so future generations of singers can continue to have the opportunity and a platform where they can learn their trade and ply their craft and gain much needed and valuable performance experience, as I and all that came before me have had."
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Proudly Sponsored by Bayside Council
(Formerly Botany Bay & Rockdale City Councils) click here for a list of our sponsors for 2018 Find out how you can become a sponsor or advertise with us here |
