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Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

Carols at the House

Where
Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point, Sydney NSW 2000
Concert Hall
When

Friday 12 December from 8pm to 10:20pm Saturday 13 December from 8pm to 10:20pm Sunday 14 December from 2pm to 4:20pm

Cost

Starting from: Premium $140 | A $114 | B $88 | C $60 | D $45 Concessions $126 | A $103 | B $79 | C $55 | D $41 Under 30 $30. A booking fee of $8.95 per transaction applies.

Here at Sydney Philharmonia Choirs we ‘really like Christmas’ – the festivity, the magic, the message of peace and harmony. Above all, we love raising the roof of the Sydney Opera House with Carols at the House!

This family-friendly concert brings together hundreds of singers (with some audience participation, of course), a full symphony orchestra and guest soloists, all conducted by Brett Weymark. And in 2025 the centrepiece is The Many Moods of Christmas – stirring arrangements of all the great carols by that iconic figure of American choral music, Robert Shaw, and Broadway orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett.

Sprinkled among the traditional favourites are modern classics, ranging from the sonorous simplicity of Henryk Górecki to the Bing Crosby standard I’ll Be Home for Christmas. Songs from Matilda the Musical and Into the Woods speak to the child inside, and the orchestra takes the spotlight in Humperdinck’s fairy-tale Dream Pantomime. There’s an Aussie summer vibe, with a new carol by Queensland composer Joseph Twist, and SPC favourite Capricorn bringing the celebration Down Under.

Join us for this much-loved seasonal tradition – because it simply isn’t Christmas without singing.

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