Enjoy a stunning gala concert combining classical and contemporary songs from east and west when superb Chinese and Australian singers perform jointly with talented guest musicians from the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and China National Opera & Dance Drama Theater at Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on Thursday 15 February 2018. 

This combined concert is being held to celebrate the Lunar New Year 2018 aimed at uniting East and West and will feature favourite songs and music performed by leading Australian & Chinese performers Taryn Fiebig (Helpmann Award-winning soprano for Opera Australia); Cassandra Seidemann (Mezzo Soprano, Principal Artist for Opera Queensland and Olga in ‘The Merry Widow’, Brisbane 2018); Yi Ding (The Three Tenors of China and former principal tenor of Opera Australia);  Chen-Ye Yuan (leading baritone at the National Center for the Performing Arts, Beijing); Sharon Zhai (Soprano for Opera Australia and Cio-Cio-San in the touring production of Madame Butterfly in 2018); Xiao-duo Chen (Soprano for the China National Opera & Dance Drama Theater); Yafen (award-winning Chinese soprano for folk songs) and Jia-Ping Bian (Tenor for musical)