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Our next event is Monday 24 November, 5 pm in the Ballroom at Annesley in Bowral.
Highlands Opera Lovers launches the festive season with a recital by Highlands Opera Lover and Burradoo resident Vicky Knox.
Vicky is best known as an author who brings to life historic World War II and Cold War espionage tales, including the Clement Wisdom series. Before coming to writing later in life, Vicky studied singing at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and performed as an opera singer for over twenty years.
Accompanied by Highlands Opera Lovers favourite John Martin, Vicky will present arias by Verdi, Mascagni, Puccini and Mozart. The performance will be followed by a festive supper in the Annesley Ballroom.
5 pm, Monday 24 November, Annesley, 10 Westwood Drive, Bowral.
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Highlands Opera Lovers is purchasing a Bechstein concert grand piano.
The purchase of this piano is a great opportunity for Highlands Opera Lovers moving forward. It will greatly enhance our listening pleasure and broaden the scope of our activities. And it will also be a wonderful acquisition for the community at large, providing HOL the opportunity to allow young musicians to perform locally, hopefully inspiring them to further their musical careers.
Bechstein pianos are the choice of many of the major music halls of Europe and the United States. The piano will be housed in the Annesley ballroom, and Annesley will keep it tuned. It will be insured against loss.
Highlands Opera Lovers currently is in the process of fundraising for the acquisition of the new piano, we will be hearing more shortly.
Highlands Opera Lovers is  the opera appreciation group in the Southern Highlands. HOL provides members with an annual programme of events to satisfy and enhance their interest in opera. Membership of HOL is open to everybody with an interest in the operatic arts.
The Southern Highlands, referred to locally as the Highlands, is between 500m and 900m above sea level on the Great Dividing Range in New South Wales, Australia. The Southern Highlands is known for its cool temperate climate, and is within Wingecarribee, a coal mining free shire.
The Highlands lies half way between Opera Australia, based at the Sydney Opera House, and National Opera, based in Canberra.
New lovers of opera in the Highlands are always welcome to join HOL, and can join at any event, or Contact HOL.
Local Highlands identity Taryn Fiebig was a much-loved and highly regarded Australian soprano, who performed regularly for Opera Australia and Pinchgut Opera. Taryn died aged 49 in 2021.
Photo credit Jeff Busby http://www.jeffbusby.com
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HOL exists to provide our Members with an annual programme of events which will help both to meet and enhance their interest in opera and to provide enjoyment and value for money
Below we have included some links to some helpful links that will take you on the journey to learning more about Opera, its rich history, and some helpful tips on your first attendance.
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