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Our next Highlands Opera Lovers event is our Annual General Meeting, at 5 pm on Tuesday 17 February 2026, at Annesley. In 2026, 17 February on the Chinese calendar is the first day of the Year of the Horse, symbolising vitality, success, and independence.
After our AGM, there will be a performance at Annesley for Highland Opera Lovers, the details are a work in progress. But please note the date, Tuesday 17 February.
A week later, Highlands Opera Lovers hosts a fund-raising screening of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, at the Empire Cinema in Bowral.
This event, a joint venture by Highlands Opera Lovers and the Empire Cinema, aims to raise funds for HOL’s purchase of the beautiful Beckstein concert grand piano that we have experienced in our two most recent events at Annesley.
Wednesday February 25 6pm for 6:30pm, all Tickets $28 (includes Choc Top!)
Wyoming, early 1900s. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid are the leaders of a band of outlaws. After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. Their solution – escape to Bolivia.
Stars Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross
or in person at the Empire Cinema box office, 327 Bong Bong Street, Bowral.
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Highlands Opera Lovers is purchasing a Bechstein concert grand piano.
The purchase of this piano is a great opportunity for Highlands Opera Lovers moving forward. It will greatly enhance our listening pleasure and broaden the scope of our activities. And it will also be a wonderful acquisition for the community at large, providing HOL the opportunity to allow young musicians to perform locally, hopefully inspiring them to further their musical careers.
Bechstein pianos are the choice of many of the major music halls of Europe and the United States. The piano will be housed in the Annesley ballroom, and Annesley will keep it tuned. It will be insured against loss.
Highlands Opera Lovers currently is in the process of fundraising for the acquisition of the new piano, we will be hearing more shortly.
Highlands Opera Lovers is  the opera appreciation group in the Southern Highlands. HOL provides members with an annual programme of events to satisfy and enhance their interest in opera. Membership of HOL is open to everybody with an interest in the operatic arts.
The Southern Highlands, referred to locally as the Highlands, is between 500m and 900m above sea level on the Great Dividing Range in New South Wales, Australia. The Southern Highlands is known for its cool temperate climate, and is within Wingecarribee, a coal mining free shire.
The Highlands lies half way between Opera Australia, based at the Sydney Opera House, and National Opera, based in Canberra.
New lovers of opera in the Highlands are always welcome to join HOL, and can join at any event, or Contact HOL.
Local Highlands identity Taryn Fiebig was a much-loved and highly regarded Australian soprano, who performed regularly for Opera Australia and Pinchgut Opera. Taryn died aged 49 in 2021.
Photo credit Jeff Busby http://www.jeffbusby.com
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HOL exists to provide our Members with an annual programme of events which will help both to meet and enhance their interest in opera and to provide enjoyment and value for money
Below we have included some links to some helpful links that will take you on the journey to learning more about Opera, its rich history, and some helpful tips on your first attendance.
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