CSO Special: St John Passion

Andrew Goodwin has appeared with opera companies and orchestras in Europe, Asia and Australia including the Bolshoi Opera; Gran Theatre Liceu Barcelona; Teatro Real Madrid; La Scala Milan; Opera Australia; Pinchgut Opera; Sydney Chamber Opera; St. Petersburg Philharmonic; Auckland Philharmonia; the New Zealand, Sydney, Melbourne, Queensland, Adelaide and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras; Moscow and Melbourne Chamber Orchestras; Sydney Philharmonia Choirs; and in recital with pianist Daniel de Borah at Wigmore Hall, the Oxford Lieder, Port Fairy and Canberra International Music Festivals.

Award-winning singer, actor, producer, choral conductor and artistic director of Handel in the Theatre, Canberra, Tobias Cole has performed with the major opera companies, festivals and Australian symphony orchestras as well as with companies in New Zealand, England and the United States.

Chloe is an upcoming soprano in Australia and has featured as a soloist with some of Australia’s finest organisations including South Australia State Opera, Pinchgut Opera and the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

As a performer and educator Perth-born Andrew O’Connor is versed in a wide variety of styles and genres.

Internationally regarded for his interpretations of Schubert Lieder and the works of J.S. Bach, baritone David Greco has sung on some of the finest stages across Europe and has appeared as a principal in opera festivals such as Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and Glyndebourne.

Elizabeth Scott is the Associate Music Director of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and is a Lecturer in Conducting at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

The drama takes centre stage in J. S. Bach’s powerful and richly layered St John Passion, composed for Good Friday in 1724. Read more.