Is it Aphrodite’s fault that the beauty industry has never been more powerful?

Sydney Chamber Opera presents the world premiere of Aphrodite by US composer Nico Muhly and Australian playwright Laura Lethlean.

This biting, contemporary opera channels the Aphrodite myth to ask: is our focus on beauty so preoccupying that we remove ourselves from the human connection of attraction?

Directed by Alexander Berlage (American Psycho), this world premiere features the extraordinary voices of Jessica O’Donoghue (Gilgamesh) and Puerto Rican soprano Meechot Marrero, performed in collaboration with Omega Ensemble.

Music: Nico Muhly

Libretto: Laura Lethlean

Conductor: Jack Symonds

Director & Lighting Designer: Alexander Berlage

Set & Costume Designer: Isabel Hudson

AV Designer: Morgan Moroney

Singers: Jessica O'Donoghue, Meechot Marrero

Instrumentalists: Omega Ensemble

Aphrodite is commissioned by John Claudianos for Sydney Chamber Opera & Omega Ensemble. Production supported by Judith Neilson AM.

• Fri 20 June 2025 7.00 PM Carriageworks Bay 20

  Sat 21 June 2025 3.00 PM Carriageworks Bay 20

  Fri 27 June 2025 6.30 PM Carriageworks Bay 20

  Sat 28 June 2025 3.00 PM Carriageworks Bay 20