BENDIGO Venues and Events has launched its 2022 season with a short performance at Ulumbarra Theatre.
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As well as BVE manager Julie Amos launching the season, the crowd enjoyed performances from the Bendigo Symphony Orchestra, Arena Theatre Company and actor and baritone singer Teddy Tahu Rhodes.
Performances from Melbourne Opera in February, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in March and Opera Australia in July will please music-lovers, while the Australian Ballet in August and Bangarra Dance Theatre in September will also present works.
Ms Amos said she aimed for accessibility for all types of audience members with this year's season.
"We love to program works for every person in the audience - not just opera and ballet fans, but theatre fans and community artists," she said. "This is a place where everyone is welcome.
"We're seeing this as a celebration of our reopening. It's fantastic to be back in the room together and celebrating all the fantastic work people have been doing for the last two years while waiting for the moment they can take to the stage. I am looking forward to Bangarra returning. They are a fantastic company who do work on such a theatrical and grand scale. I am also excited for Arena's Robot Song, which is a fantastic award-winning performance created right here in Bendigo."
Robot Song performer Jade Cuskelly got her role in 2020 but has had to wait for two years to take to the stage in the show. She performed as part of the launch on Tuesday night with Robot Song set for its Bendigo debut in May.
"I am really excited and grateful for the opportunity," Ms Cuskelly said. "I was 16 when I first auditioned (in 2020) and now it's 2022 and we still haven't put on Robot Song in Bendigo. I feel like it is a step out of my comfort zone but it is a great experience."
Bendigo Symphony Orchestra principal viola Cally Bartlett said it was wonderful to be busy with music.
"We all went through a period of mourning and grief when everything shut down and was shut down repeatedly," she said. "But Bendigo Symphony Orchestra was brought together by a love of performance, so the more we get to do that, the better. We have four big programs planned (this year) with the final concert to be Beethoven's 9th with Merlyn Quaife, some choirs and our wonderful orchestra."
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