Richard Bonynge 90th Birthday | 29th September 8pm NZST, 9pm AEST, 7pm BST, USA EDT 8pm, USA PDT 8pm

Celebrating the 90th Birthday of Maestro Richard Bonynge AC CBE
Courtesy of the Australian High Commissioner
Artistic Director: Rosemary Tuck
Ballet Artistic Director: Leanne Benjamin AM OBE
Introducing the new book Chalet Monet
In the presence of the Australian High Commissioner
His Excellency the Honourable George Brandis QC
Sincerest thanks to The Royal Ballet and its Director, Kevin O'Hare for their invaluable assistance.
Event Sponsor: Elspeth Turner Laing
Special Guests include:
John Copley CBE, theatre and opera producer and director
David Mellor QC, broadcaster, barrister, and former politician
Guest Artists:
(in order of appearance)
Yvonne Kenny AM, soprano
Rosemary Tuck, piano*
Emma Matthews, soprano
Anna Sleptsova, piano
Fumi Kaneko, ballet **
Reece Clarke, ballet **
Helena Dix, soprano
Chad Vindin, piano*
Benson Wilson, baritone*
Filipe Manu, tenor*
Calvin Richardson, ballet* & **
Valda Wilson, soprano*
Hermina Szabó, violin
Andreas Bittl, accordion
Catherine Carby, mezzo-soprano*
Waynne Kwon, cello*
Jeffrey Black, baritone
Tait Awardee
** Soloist Royal Ballet
**Donations can be added during the booking process
Financial Assistance for Artists affected by the COVID-19 crisis:
The Tait Memorial Trust has established an Emergency Relief Fund for Australia/New Zealand Artists to assist our talented young artists who overnight lost 6 months or more of work. Professional artists, some with losses in excess of £40,000, to artists just out of college who had a regular income of £500 to 3,000 per month which has now disappeared. Most, but thankfully not all, of the performing arts companies are claiming force majeur and leaving our awardees with an uncertain future. Currently many of them can’t get any assistance from the U.K. government stimulus package because they are self employed, nor do they qualify for Universal Credit because they are here on restricted visas and have no access to public funds.
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[@cadoh8143]

My favorite ópera conductor.

[@juliabruun9680]

So proud to be an Australian and have the chance to congratulate you all on a wonderful performance and to honor such a magnificent man. Congratulations on your 90th Richard. To you Rosemary, always brilliant, so artistic and clever, just a magnificent contribution to a brilliant mans career and to all the performers and Rosemary what a wonderful performance to put this all together. Julia Bruun

[@2gther4ever]

I met Richard and Joan a number of times at different opera houses across the world.