Rising Mezzo-Soprano Fiona Campbell Playing at Chatswood City and Penrith

Rising star Australian mezzo-soprano Fiona Campbell will perform her first complete Dido alongside some of Australia's best young and experienced singers, Anna Fraser, Penelope Mills, Richard Butler, Tobias Cole, Alexander Knight with Sydney Philharmonia's Chamber Singers and period instrumental ensemble, conducted by Brett Weymark.

Australian born mezzo soprano Fiona Campbell is an accomplished international performer, recitalist and recording artist. Vocal winner of the ABC Young Performer of the Year Award and the Opera Awards, in the prestigious Australian Singing Competition, Fiona has consistently received wide critical acclaim for her powerful performances and exquisite musicianship.

"We have so many truly great singers in Australia but when we were discussing Dido for our 2014 season only one artist came to mind, fiona campbell" said music director Brett Weymark. " I cannot wait to start rehearsing this tragic work With her. A great queen undone by love. Fiona will not only bring a total commitment to the role but a fresh insight as it will be the first time she has performed the role in context - her first complete Dido in fact. I am thrilled to be sharing this experience with her."

Sydney Philharmonia will perform its first-ever concert at the Concourse in Chatswood in addition to a performance at City Recital Hall Angel Place and we will continue its inaugural Western Sydney season with a performance at the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre in Penrith.

The program includes Henry Purcell's sole opera Dido and Aeneas which is considered as the greatest operatic achievement of 17th century England and the first great English opera. Music inspired by flowers will also be performed including Britten's Five Flower Songs, Ross Edwards' lively Flower Songs and Paul Mealor's Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal. Mealor's music was heard by an international audience at the Royal Wedding of Prince William.

Tickets $45 - $90 (plus applicable booking fees) 02 9251 3115 or www.sydneyphilharmonia.com.au