Handel’s Mesiah, 7:30PM Saturday, December 5th at St. Peter’s Lutheran College’s Dron Auditorium.

Opera Queensland Launches its 40th season with a celebration of music and singing under the stars

Opera Queensland is set to launch its 40th Birthday season with a joyous celebration of family, friends and song. Opera Queensland Under the Stars takes centre stage at Brisbane Riverstage on Saturday 28 November 2020.

As the sun sets on 2020, Opera Queensland will turn the spotlight on some of the state’s most talented opera singers, performing with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO), 60 voices of the Opera Queensland Chorus and a choir of school students, in a special, one off event.

Opera Queensland Under the Stars is set to be a dazzling launch for Opera Queensland’s much anticipated 2021 season and a kickstart to celebrations for its 40th anniversary next year.

Audiences are invited to bring a blanket and join their family and friends for an alfresco evening of music and singing with COVID safe seating in socially distanced pods of up to four people.

Ten of Queensland’s most outstanding singers are set to shine on the Brisbane Riverstage, including: Eva Kong, Jose Carbo, Kang Wang, Hayley Sugars, Jason Barry-Smith, Sofia Troncoso, Xenia Puskarz-Thomas, and Sam Piper.

Music from some of the most popular and adored operas will ring into the night with an 70-strong Queensland Symphony Orchestra performing under the baton of Dane Lam.

Audience members new to opera will be enchanted by a popular program of songs including Mozart’s Letter Duet, made famous in The Shawshank Redemption and the Brindisi, or the Drinking Song, from Verdi’s La traviata.

A 60 voice Opera Queensland Chorus will share the stage, with the other artists. Performing together for the first time in 2020, there is no doubt they will create a sound that has to be seen (and heard) to be believed.

The concert also includes an encore performance of Songs of Belonging, a song by Queensland composer Helen Franzmann  created with students from Yeronga State High School and Opera Queensland.

The culturally diverse students’ stories of identity and belonging combined to create a song celebrating the many rich and varied communities that call Queensland home.

Rounding out Opera Queensland Under the Stars’ packed program is a special guest performance from one of Australia’s most acclaimed musicians who will be revealed closer
to the concert.

Hear the opinions and anecdotes of our own Nellie Melba, as well as some of her favourite repertoire. Melba Scholars, Sharolyn Kimmorley and Stephen McIntyre entertain with the life and music of our first Australian superstar.

Soprano - Cleo Lee McGowan
Tenor - Damian Arnold
Baritone - Samuel Piper
Piano - Sharolyn Kimmorley
Narration - Stephen McIntyre

Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall
Sunday 14 July, 5:00pm

Conductor Richard Mills

Featuring:
Jessica Pratt soprano
Daniela Barcellona mezzo-soprano
Carlos E. Bárcenas tenor
Stephen Marsh baritone
Samuel Piper baritone

https://www.victorianopera.com.au/season/heroic-bel-canto

Samuel joins the Blackstone-Ipswich Cambrian Choir as baritone soloist in this performance.

In the 160th Anniversary year of Ipswich's St Paul's Anglican Church, the Blackstone-Ipswich Cambrian Choir mark St Paul's feast day with a performance of Felix Mendelssohn's dramatic oratorio about this pillar of the early Christian church. From his early persecution of the church, to his conversion on the road to Damascus, to his travels and writings to early church centres, St Paul's story is told through some of the most beautiful and dramatic vocal music ever written. Under the direction of David Webster, with guest soloists, don’t miss the rare opportunity to hear this wonderful oratorio in the beautiful surrounds of an historic Ipswich Church.

Performance is on the 29th of June, 2019 at St Paul's Anglican Church, Ipswich. Doors open at 1:30pm for a 2:00pm start. Tickets can be purchased on line by following the link https://www.trybooking.com/BDHUG or at the door.

Samuel joins colleagues from Melba Opera Trust to perform in evening of opera favourites

Samuel joins colleagues from Melba Opera Trust to perform in evening of opera favourites.

Samuel will performing the Bass solos from Bach Cantata No. 4 and a selection of Schubert songs at the Brunswick Festival of The Voice.

More info TBA.

Newcastle University Choir presents "One Fine Day" , a concert of much loved Opera Choruses and Arias featuring Opera Australia's soprano, Mariana Hong and baritone Samuel Piper under the direction of guest conductor Peter Guy.

Online bookings close midnight Sat May 18th- tickets will then be available at the door.

On Sunday 19 May 2019 at 2:00pm

Harold Lobb Concert Hall, Newcastle Conservatorium of Music
Cnr Auckland and Laman Street, Newcastle , NSW 2291

https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=487271

We have organised a special afternoon with our Parton, Sharolyn Kimmorley AM. Sharolyn will also entertain us with a delightful programme featuring the following exceptional young artists: Jessica Harper – Soprano,  Fleuranne Brockway – Mezzo Soprano, Michael Butchard – Tenor, Samuel Piper – Baritone.

Conductor Alondra de la Parra
Carmen Vesselina Kasarova
Don José Andrea Carè

Singers from the Lisa Gasteen National Opera School
Opera Queensland Chorus

Interlude Dancers from the Queensland Ballet
Choreography Christopher Wheeldon

A superstar Carmen. The world's No.1 opera. Some of the greatest arias and duets ever written.

In jubilant celebration to conclude our 70th anniversary year, we present the full opera, in concert, with an international cast and Australia’s best emerging artists, under the baton of QSO Music Director Alondra de la Parra.

Witness the famous melodies and the intense, gutsy and extraordinary drama that is Bizet’s Carmen

OperaQ’s popular Gala is always an unforgettable experience, and this year we invite you to immerse yourself in the allure of the exotic. To celebrate our year featuring exotic themes in The Pearlfishers and Ruddigore, or The Witch’s Curse, the 2017 OperaQ Gala will be decidedly different, with an air of the mysterious.2017 Gala guests will enjoy five star dining, spectacular performances, silent auctions and the chance to win money-can’t-buy opera experiences.

The main fundraising event of the year, all proceeds from the Gala support OperaQ’s artistic, community and education programs, allowing the Company to achieve its mission to reflect, celebrate and enrich life in our Queensland community.

So come and help us celebrate an unforgettable year as we support a great cause and enjoy a night of the exotic, the quixotic and the enigmatic. Wear evening dress, with a difference…

http://operaq.com.au/whats-on/2017-operaq-gala/

Samuel Piper will perform as the Bass Soloist with Choral Connection and the Amatori Choir & Orchestra at St. John's, Mullumbimby.

The Finalists of the 2017 RMP ARIA will battle it out for the chance to win thousands of dollars worth of cash, professional photography packages, language coaching and various other prizes – as well as future engagements with the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic.

Each singer will perform a short program of arias and recitatives from the world of oratorio, accompanied on piano by outstanding pianist and RMP Principal Accompanist Stefan Cassomenos. A distinguished panel of judges will decide over $5000.00 worth of cash prizes, as well as other awards including language coaching and professional photographic packages and future performance opportunities with the RMP.

At the end of the Final, RMP Chief Conductor Andrew Wailes will direct a full scale performance of the RMP Oratorio Festival Choir, the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra Brass and Percussion players and soloists, in a performance of John Rutter’s spectacular “Gloria”.

Tickets include a free champagne reception at the conclusion of the evening, where audience members have the chance to meet the finalists, adjudicators, orchestra, choir and conductor.

A gala event, not to be missed!

This year we welcome the 2017 recipients of the SXS Next Gen
Artists Program: the Meraki Quartet and clarinettist Annie Larsen,
to perform at the festival, along with the inaugural recipient of the
Margaret Schindler Vocal Scholarship, baritone Samuel Piper.
This program will also include the World Premiere of a work by
Southern Cross Soloists’ Next Gen composer-in-residence,
John Rotar.

BEETHOVEN “Adelaide”, Op. 46
JANACEK String Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer Sonata”
ROTAR New Work, World Premiere
GLAZUNOV Rêverie orientale
BARBER Dover Beach
MOZART “Donne mie, la fate a tanti” from Cosi fan tutte

Meraki Quartet 2017 SXS Next Gen Artists
Annie Larsen, clarinet 2017 SXS Next Gen Artists
Samuel Piper, baritone Margaret Schindler Vocal Scholarship recipient