Sydney Philharmonica Choir’s Annual ‘Big Sing’ - ChorusOz - Takes on The Grandest of Grand Opera in 2026, Verdi’s Aida
“It is extraordinary...My notes are wobbly, my voice is uneven, but as the last bars of...music and song
rise loudly and triumphantly, I cry at the huge, collaborative and euphoric wonder of it all.”
The Sydney Morning Herald
(Chorus Oz, 2023)
Venue: Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall
Address: Bennelong Point, Sydney NSW 2000
Date: June 7, 2026
Time: 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Ticket: $86.00 - 96.00
Buy / Ticket: https://www.sydneyphilharmonia.com.au/events/chorusoz-aida/
Web: https://www.sydneyphilharmonia.com.au/events/chorusoz-aida/
EMail: hello@sydneyphilharmonia.com.au
Call: 02 8274 6200
Address: Bennelong Point, Sydney NSW 2000
Date: June 7, 2026
Time: 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Ticket: $86.00 - 96.00
Buy / Ticket: https://www.sydneyphilharmonia.com.au/events/chorusoz-aida/
Web: https://www.sydneyphilharmonia.com.au/events/chorusoz-aida/
EMail: hello@sydneyphilharmonia.com.au
Call: 02 8274 6200
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs is thrilled to present its annual ‘big sing’ ChorusOz, an extraordinary weekend of community and music-making, featuring one of the most spectacular operas ever written, Verdi’s Aida, at the iconic Sydney Opera House on Sunday 7 June.
Following their 2025 performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony last year, which saw more than 900 choristers join forces in a ‘tsunami of sound’ (The Daily Telegraph), ChorusOz returns bigger and better than ever with concert highlights from Verdi’s Grand Opera of love, jealousy and betrayal. A highlight will be the famous Triumphal Chorus, but this opera also overflows with favourite arias and duets including ‘Celeste Aida’ and ‘O patria mia’.
Renowned Australian conductor Brett Weymark OAM leads a chorus of passionate music-makers from every state and territory across Australia, four world-class soloists and the full Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra in an emotional journey of forbidden love, set in ancient Egypt.
Australian Soprano Helena Dix makes her SPC debut performing the iconic role of Aida for the very first time, alongside mezzo-soprano Angela Hogan also making her SPC debut as Ameris. Tenor Diego Torre (Verdi’s Requiem 2023, Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 2023) sings the role of Radames, and baritone Michael Honeyman (Ode to Joy 2024, Mahler 8 2023, Dvořák’s Requiem 2019, ChorusOz Elijah 2017) is Amonasro.
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs’ Artistic & Music Director, Brett Weymark OAM said: “Verdi was a master at writing for the human voice and so much of his greatest choral writing is found inside his operas. This dawned on me recently watching a production of Aida at the Royal Opera House in London and having a lightbulb moment that this would make a fantastic ChorusOz. So much of the work consists of great moments for the chorus and so with a slightly pared-back version, but all the chorus parts that Verdi wrote intact, I am thrilled to invite the audience to re-examine this opera in a new way – that of the importance of the communal voice of the chorus in this much-loved work.”
Whether you’re listening or singing in the chorus, prepare for an evening of thrilling music, heart-warming connection, and wall-to-wall highlights.
Want to sing in ChorusOz? Visit https://www.chorusoz.com.au/sydney/ to register as a participant. All levels of singing experience welcome – whether you can’t sing, or can’t stop singing.
Tickets for ChorusOz: Aida are available now from: https://www.sydneyphilharmonia.com.au/events/chorusoz-aida/
View the entire 2026 season at https://www.sydneyphilharmonia.com.au/events/
HELENA DIX soprano (Aida)
ANGELA HOGAN mezzo-soprano (Amneris)
DIEGO TORRE tenor (Radames)
MICHAEL HONEYMAN baritone (Amonasro)
SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Concert highlights from Verdi’s grand opera
Sunday 7th June, 5pm
Following their 2025 performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony last year, which saw more than 900 choristers join forces in a ‘tsunami of sound’ (The Daily Telegraph), ChorusOz returns bigger and better than ever with concert highlights from Verdi’s Grand Opera of love, jealousy and betrayal. A highlight will be the famous Triumphal Chorus, but this opera also overflows with favourite arias and duets including ‘Celeste Aida’ and ‘O patria mia’.
Renowned Australian conductor Brett Weymark OAM leads a chorus of passionate music-makers from every state and territory across Australia, four world-class soloists and the full Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra in an emotional journey of forbidden love, set in ancient Egypt.
Australian Soprano Helena Dix makes her SPC debut performing the iconic role of Aida for the very first time, alongside mezzo-soprano Angela Hogan also making her SPC debut as Ameris. Tenor Diego Torre (Verdi’s Requiem 2023, Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 2023) sings the role of Radames, and baritone Michael Honeyman (Ode to Joy 2024, Mahler 8 2023, Dvořák’s Requiem 2019, ChorusOz Elijah 2017) is Amonasro.
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs’ Artistic & Music Director, Brett Weymark OAM said: “Verdi was a master at writing for the human voice and so much of his greatest choral writing is found inside his operas. This dawned on me recently watching a production of Aida at the Royal Opera House in London and having a lightbulb moment that this would make a fantastic ChorusOz. So much of the work consists of great moments for the chorus and so with a slightly pared-back version, but all the chorus parts that Verdi wrote intact, I am thrilled to invite the audience to re-examine this opera in a new way – that of the importance of the communal voice of the chorus in this much-loved work.”
Whether you’re listening or singing in the chorus, prepare for an evening of thrilling music, heart-warming connection, and wall-to-wall highlights.
Want to sing in ChorusOz? Visit https://www.chorusoz.com.au/sydney/ to register as a participant. All levels of singing experience welcome – whether you can’t sing, or can’t stop singing.
Tickets for ChorusOz: Aida are available now from: https://www.sydneyphilharmonia.com.au/events/chorusoz-aida/
View the entire 2026 season at https://www.sydneyphilharmonia.com.au/events/
ARTISTS
BRETT WEYMARK conductorHELENA DIX soprano (Aida)
ANGELA HOGAN mezzo-soprano (Amneris)
DIEGO TORRE tenor (Radames)
MICHAEL HONEYMAN baritone (Amonasro)
SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
PROGRAM
Giuseppe VERDI AidaConcert highlights from Verdi’s grand opera
DATES AND TIMES
Sydney Opera HouseSunday 7th June, 5pm