Siobhan Stagg

 & Jonathan Ware.

Saturday, October 10th, 7pm.

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In an exclusive Sydney event, soprano Siobhan Stagg and pianist, Jonathan Ware weaves a tapestry of ancient and modern worlds.

Be enchanted by the wonderment of nature’s creation with Fauré’s Chanson d’Eve… mesmerised by the rhapsodic purity of the music of Hildegard Von Bingen… enraptured by Finnish mythology. An excerpt from Haydn’s Creation and companion work by Brett Dean complete the ethereal evening.

Following the recital, join the artists for a post-performance supper at the Hunters Hill Town Hall, curated exclusively by Simon Sandal and his team at Boronia Kitchen and featuring Savannah Estate Wines.


Program

Hildegard VON BINGEN O vis aeternitatis
Gabriel FAURÉ Chanson d’Eve
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Eine kleine deutsche Kantate: Die Ihr des unermesslichen Weltalls…
Hildegard VON BINGEN (3.30 ) O quam mirabilis est
Brett DEAN Arioso ‘Nach Haydn’ from In this Brief Moment
Joseph HAYDN Nun beut die Flur from The Creation
SIBELIUS Luonnotar
MEDTNER Der Engel Praeludium


Tickets

Adult $85 Students $35

Purchase as part of a 2026 Full Season Subscription Package. Ticket price inclusive of Supper and Wines. The post-concert event will be at the concert venue, the Hunters Hill Town Hall.


90 minutes with interval.

Performance will run from 7pm - 8.30pm and Supper from 8.30pm - 9.30pm.

Concert Duration


Principal Sponsors

The Origins Collective:

Andrew & Renata Kaldor
Natalie & Malcolm Delbridge


The Artists

  • With her “angelic voice” (Kölner Stadt Anzeiger) and “ethereal stage presence” (Sydney Morning

    Herald), Australian soprano Siobhan Stagg is recognised as one of the most captivating lyric artists of her generation.

    From 2013 to 2019 she was a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin ensemble, singing roles including Pamina Die Zauberflöte, Tytania A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Micaëla Carmen.

    She has since appeared on leading stages worldwide as Cendrillon title role (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Pamina and Susanna Le nozze di Figaro (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden), Susanna (Komische Oper Berlin), Sophie Der Rosenkavalier (Opernhaus Zürich, Staatsoper Berlin), Mélisande Pelléas et Mélisande (Opéra de Dijon, Victorian Opera Melbourne), and Gilda Rigoletto, Blonde Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Cordelia Lear (Hamburgische Staatsoper). Other highlights include Lady Magnesia title role and Najade Ariadne auf

    Naxos (Bayerische Staatsoper), Blonde Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Dutch National Opera), and staged performances of Mozart’s Requiem at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.

    Equally at home on the concert platform, Siobhan has performed with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Cleveland Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker, Gürzenich Orchester Köln and Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Highlights of the 2025/26 season include Brahms’s Requiem (Minnesota Orchestra, Trondheim Symphony, Nord Deutscher Rundfunk), Mahler’s Fourth Symphony (Utah Symphony, Staatstheater Darmstadt), Mahler’s Second Symphony (BBC Philharmonic), Poulenc’s Stabat Mater (RTVE Orchestra Spain), Strauss’s Four Last Songs (Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano), Unsuk Chin’s Puzzles and Games (Staatskapelle Dresden), and the world premiere of Thomas Blomenkamp’s In Little Stars with Duisburger Symphoniker. She also returns to Orchestra National de Lyon for Chausson’s Poème de l’amour et de la mer, to Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse for New Year concerts, and to Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for Mozart’s Mass in C minor. Recital appearances this season include Berlin’s Kühlhaus and London’s Wigmore Hall.

    On stage, Siobhan makes her house and role debuts as Juliette Roméo et Juliette (State Opera South Australia) and Adalgisa Norma (Irish National Opera), and returns to Staatsoper Berlin as Antonia/Stella Les Contes d’Hoffmann.

    Stagg was awarded the Key to the City of Mildura in 2023, becoming only the third recipient in its history. A Fellow of Trinity College, University of Melbourne, she supports young singers through the Siobhan Stagg Aria Award at the Mildura Eisteddfod and, since 2025, the Alumni Giving Circle, alongside her role as a Board Director of the Melba Opera Trust.

  • Acclaimed for his exemplary and spirited playing, chamber musician and accompanist Jonathan Ware is a regular guest at the world’s leading recital venues, and recent appearances include Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, the John F. Kennedy Center, Elbphilharmonie, Philharmonie Luxembourg, L’Auditori, the Concertgebouw, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and the Pierre Boulez Saal. 

    Appearing alongside some of today’s most exciting singers and instrumentalists, previous seasons saw Jonathan Ware with Matilda Lloyd at Fundação Gulbenkian, Kölner Philharmonie, MUPA Budapest and Konzerthuset Stockholm, with soprano Siobhan Stagg for at Pierre Boulez Saal, with Samuel Mariño at the Sala Sinfonica Pablo Casals in Puerto Rico, Simon Bode at Carnegie Hall and Wigmore Hall and with Jonathan Leibowitz on a UK tour to Bath, Falkirk and the Isle of Wight. New collaborations include performances with Bilal Alnemr at the Raketenstation, Hombroich, with violinist, Leia Zhu in Reims and Bilbao, and with Rowan Hellier at Glasgow Cathedral Festival. Of especial interest is Jonathan’s project - Kinderlieder - a concert series curated for young children with Lydia Mankopf from Lullula Music and Simone Easthope, which debuted at the Pierre Boulez Saal. 

    Highlights from long standing collaborations include recitals with Elsa Dreisig at Bayerischer Rundfunk, Kölner Philharmonie and Wigmore Hall, with Bejun Mehta at Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Philharmonie Luxembourg and Mozartfest Augsburg; with Camilla Tilling at Spivey Hall in a Jenny Lind-inspired selection; Brenda Rae at Wigmore Hall in a programme of Schubert and Strauss, and with Timothy Ridout at the Vancouver Recital Society and Konserthaus Dortmund. Following recent appearances at Verbier Festival and Lied Festival Würzburg with Ema Nikolovska, the pair reunited at Wigmore Hall, where he also collaborated with tenors Kieran Carrel, Robin Tritschler and violinist Hana Chang.

    Soprano Golda Schultz is a key collaborator with the duo’s specially devised programme of female composers ‘This Be Her Verse’ touring to Berlin, Cologne, Aix-en-Provence, Edinburgh, Philadelphia and Vancouver among others, and appearing last season at the Elbphilharmonie, Munich Festival, Schubertiade and Staatstheater Darmstadt as well as a North American tour visiting Princeton and the Schubert Club. This season will see the pair at Kirche Saanen in Gstaad. Highly acclaimed for his “especially fine form” (BBC Music Magazine) and “theatrical sensibility” (New York Times) for the related CD release on Alpha Classics, ‘This Be Her Verse’ complements a quickly expanding discography with baritone Ludwig Mittelhammer for Berlin Classics, mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty for Genuin, oboist Olivier Stankiewicz for Delphian, Elsa Dreisig for Warner Classics, and Samuel Mariño for Decca.  

    Highlights in 2025/26 include a new programme with Golda Schultz, Dark Matter(s) which they will perform at Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Pierre Boulez Saal, Hugo Wolf Akademie Stuttgart, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Shriver Hall and New Orleans Opera. With Samuel Mariño, Jonathan performs at Amigos de la Ópera Coruña and he returns to Wigmore Hall with Siobhan Stagg and Nathan Amaral. 

    Awards include the Pianist’s Prize at both Das Lied and Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song competitions, as well as First Prize with Ludwig Mittelhammer in the International Hugo Wolf Competition.  

    Born in Texas, Jonathan now resides in Berlin where he teaches at Hochschule Hanns Eisler and Barenboim-Said Academy. In addition, he frequently attends Samling Institute, Academia Vocalis and Verbier Festival as a mentor.