Sat 5 Dec · +1 more dates
Hamer Hall · Southbank
the great Christmas oratorio sung by an all-Australian cast
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Join the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and an all-Australian cast for Handel’s Messiah – a Christmas tradition and must-hear for many concertgoers. Sir James MacMillan leads a deeply-considered performance of a work that has been a staple of the MSO's concert season throughout its 120-year history.
The MSO's starring soprano, Mia Chenea Robinson, is an expert in sacred choral music, and a local Melburnian. She sings alongside mezzo-soprano, Stephanie Dillon, who has previously conquered the heights of Bach’s St John Passion and Monteverdi’s Vespers. Louis Hurley and David Greco bring their familiar but world-class voices into those deeper-pitched roles of tenor and baritone, while this mammoth-scale Baroque masterpiece will be rounded out with the MSO Chorus.
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Sat 5 Dec 2026, +1 more dates. There are 2 dates to pick from, listed above.
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Hamer Hall, Southbank, VIC.
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