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5 pm, Tuesday 17 February 2026
Annesley, 10 Westwood Drive, Bowral
Our next Highlands Opera Lovers event is our Annual General Meeting, at 5 pm on Tuesday 17 February 2026, at Annesley. In 2026, 17 February on the Chinese calendar is the first day of the Year of the Horse, symbolising vitality, success, and independence.
After our AGM, there will be a performance at Annesley for Highland Opera Lovers, the details are a work in progress. But please note the date, Tuesday 17 February.
Wednesday 25 February 2026
Fundraising at the Empire Cinema
A week later, Highlands Opera Lovers hosts a fund-raising screening of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, at the Empire Cinema in Bowral.
This event, a joint venture by Highlands Opera Lovers and the Empire Cinema, aims to raise funds for HOL’s purchase of the beautiful Beckstein concert grand piano that we have experienced in our two most recent events at Annesley.
Wednesday February 25 6pm for 6:30pm, all Tickets $28 (includes Choc Top!)
Wyoming, early 1900s. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid are the leaders of a band of outlaws. After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. Their solution - escape to Bolivia.
Stars Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross
or in person at the Empire Cinema box office, 327 Bong Bong Street, Bowral.
Christmas in the Southern Highlands
5 pm Monday 24 November 2025
Annesley
We might have been at the Opera House!
A packed Ballroom at Annesley was full of compliments for Highlands Opera Lover and Burradoo resident Vicky Knox, complemented by Highlands Opera Lovers favourite John Martin, as they launched the festive season with a superb performance. The dance card included arias by Verdi, Mascagni, Puccini and Mozart. Vicky’s rendition of One Fine Day, from Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, was perhaps the standout.
The performance in the Ballroom at Annesley was followed by a festive supper, which brought compliments on the quality, quantity and variety of festive goodies.
Highlands Opera Lovers Favourite John Martin
Tuesday 14 October 2025, 5 pm Annesley
On a delightful spring evening in October, in the Ballroom at Annesley in Bowral, Highlands Opera Lovers favourite John Martin displayed his extraordinary piano and vocal skills as he explored different genres of opera.
Opening with Cole Porter’s It’s De-Lovely, John’s highlights included The Maiden and the Nightingale by Granados and I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls by Balfe.
John then invited Highlands Opera Lover Vicky Knox to the podium, where Vicky gave the audience a stunning version of And This Is My Beloved from Kismet, by Lederer and Davis, based on the Notturno from Borodin’s 2nd String Quartet.
As we all wondered whether Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera was genuinely an opera, John cut through with a superb rendition of Mack the Knife.
De-lightful De-licious De-lovely
Giacomo Puccini’s Greatest Arias
Highlands Opera Lover Rob Langley, at his home theatre in his Burradoo residence, welcomed HOL members with another of his popular presentations, comparing voice interpretations of Giacomo Puccini’s Greatest Arias. The event was packed out over two evenings in August, with our members full of praise for Rob’s presentation and thoughts on Puccini’s arias.
Here Comes the Sun, A Piano Recital by Oscar Dunn-Luck
In a packed Berrima Village Hall, after our brief Annual General Meeting, Southern Highlands resident Oscar Dunn-Luck entertained Highlands Opera Lovers with an outstanding piano performance that included operatic arias and one of his own arrangements. Oscar is an accomplished young composer, pianist, cellist and percussionist, he plays in the Southern Highlands Symphony Orchestra, Highlands Sinfonia and Southern Highlands Concert Band.
Oscar’s performance at our AGM highlighted the commitment of Highlands Opera Lovers to the support of young and emerging local talent.
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