Aida by Verdi
11th November 2009 – 10th December 2009, at the Arts Centre, State Theatre.
Presented by Opera Australia.
The King’s daughter Amneris is in love with Radamès, and hopes they will marry. Radamès, however, is in love with her Ethiopian slave-girl, Aida, and she with him. Is Radamès and Aida’s love great enough to betray their countries?
Verdi’s thundering choruses and spine-tingling arias, combined with an outstanding cast and the theatrical magic of Graeme Murphy resulted in a sell-out season in Sydney. You can see why when one of the world’s favourite operas comes to Melbourne.
Dates & Time:
11, 14*, 17, 21, 25*, 28* November
1, 4, 7, 10 December
7:30pm, except 21 Nov 1pm
* Free Opera Talk
Pricing:
Evening: $229 / $168 / $118 / $102 / $55 Matinee: $218 / $160 / $112 / $97 / $55
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Cosi fan tutte by Mozart

19th November 2009 – 12th December 2009, at the Arts Centre, State Theatre.
Price Range: $55 – $229
Presented by the Opera Australia.
The School for Lovers
It’s a simple story. Three men, three women and three questions. Are all women fickle? Are men any better? Is there any such thing as true love? Mozart’s delicate and sensual score sounds exquisite while asking all the hard questions.
Jim Sharman’s exuberant new production features a hand-picked cast of young Australians including Hye Seoung Kwon, Sian Pendry, Henry Choo and Luke Gabbedy as the quartet of lovers, and is performed in lively new English translation.
Get ready for a rollercoaster ride through innocence, experience and sexual intrigue in this very modern interpretation of one of Mozart’s classics.
Dates & Time:
19. 21. 24, 27* November
3, 5*, 9, 12 December 7:30pm, except 12 Dec 1pm
Running time (approx): 3 hrs (inc 1 x 20 min interval)
* Free Opera Talk
Pricing:
Evening: $229 / $168 / $118 / $102 / $55 Matinee: $218 / $160 / $112 / $97 / $55
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The Harry Harlow Project

26th November 2009 – 5th December 2009, 7.30pm, at the Arts Centre, Fairfax Studio.
Price Range: $23 – $28
Presented by FULL TILT at the Arts Centre in association with Insite Arts.
The Harry Harlow Project is theatre based on the life and work of one of the most controversial scientists of the 20th Century.
Harlow was the first psychologist to explore the nature of love, and his groundbreaking work with baby rhesus monkeys brought him fame and acclaim in the scientific world. However, as his own personal struggles took hold, Harlow’s experiments into the darker side of love became more and more macabre and disturbing.
How do we reconcile that his work became the foundation for everything science now accepts about child-rearing, neglect, child abuse, and depression?
This premiere production explores this man and his work by creating the laboratory inside his head. This is where his ideas, emotions, memories, ethics, insecurities and demons reside and conflict to create the work that has been the source of so much benefit, consternation, admiration and hatred.
Written and performed by James Saunders | Directed by Brian Lipson | Sound Design Kelly Ryall | Video Design Martyn Coutts
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Revolutions: Great Classics Concert 6

28th – 30th November 2009, at the Arts Centre, Hamer Hall.
Price Range: $30 – $125
Presented by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
Stephen Kovacevich piano
Leif Segerstam conductor
Brahms – Piano Concerto No.2
Webern – Six Pieces for large orchestra, Op.6
Beethoven – Symphony No.5
Time:
Sat 2pm
Mon 6.30pm
Pricing:
A Reserve:$100 | $80 | $60
B Reserve: $80 | $60 | $40
C Reserve: $55 | $45 | $30
World Supremacy Battlegrounds (WSB) 2009

29th November 2009, 3pm – 9.30pm, at the Arts Centre, Hamer Hall.
Price Range: $25 – $55
This epic Urban & Hip Hop showdown will see some of Australia’s elite street dancers pitting themselves against some of the world’s best. Features global challengers from Singapore, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, South Korea, USA, New Caledonia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China and Canada, with defending champions coming back from New Zealand.
Time
3pm – 9.30pm
Running time: 310 minutes with 2 intervals
Pricing
Premium $55 Adult / $45 Child/ $ 190 Family of 4
A Res $45 Adult / $35 Child / $ 150 Family of 4
B Res $35 Adult / $25 Child / $ 110 Family of 4** Please Note:
Designated Childrens’ Performance. Children under 2yrs free if sitting on parents laps.
Tickets on sale to the general public at 9am on 1 September 2009
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B.C.

30th November 2009 – 19th December 2009, at the Arts Centre, BlackBox Theatre.
Price Range: $23 – $28
An irreverent renovation of the Immaculate Conception
Written by Rita Kalnejais.
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