Joan Suthermand Theatre Sydney Opera House

BAROQUE RESPLENDENT: THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET PRESENTS THE SLEEPING BEAUTY

Elizabeth Surbey / 23 November 2025

Sydney Opera House, 21 November 2025. David McAllister’s decade-old production of The Sleeping Beauty returns, and from the first chord it is clear this is no children’s fairy tale but a glittering allegory of absolutist order. Premiered in 1890 by …

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la sylphide (australian ballet)

Suzy Wrong / 11 November 2013

The Australian Ballet’s latest classical offering is a double bill with works from the Romantic era, La Sylphide from 1836 and Paquita,1847. The “grand pas de deux” from Paquita opens the program with electric vibrancy. It is an exciting …