- Theatre seating for this event has been updated inline with COVID-19 social distancing requirements
- See our safety measures
- Please provide contact details of all attendees, where prompted
This is QPAC like you’ve never experienced!
Join Opera Queensland’s Katie Stenzel (soprano) and Samuel Piper (baritone) and leading Australian classical pianist Alex Raineri in the Lyrebird Restaurant for a luscious menu of fine food, opera, operetta, musical theatre, Lieder and popular classical piano pieces. The repertoire will include music and songs by Mozart, Rossini, Debussy, Stephen Sondheim and Rodgers and Hammerstein.
The sumptuous Queensland inspired two course menu is specially designed by QPAC’s Executive Chef Joshua Wilby with matching wines curated by Australia’s second Master of Wine Peter Scudamore-Smith.
With only 54 tickets available per night, be quick to secure your booking for this unique evening of dining and entertainment.
REPERTOIRE
Mozart La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni
Donizetti Come Paride vezzoso from L’elisir d’amore
Rossini Una voce poco fa from Il barbiere di Siviglia
Duparc Phidylé
Debussy Clair de Lune from Suite Bergamasque
Hahn A Chloris
Rodgers and Hammerstein If I Loved You from Carousel
Sondheim (arr. Iverson) No One is Alone from Into the Woods
Vaughan-Williams Silent Noon
Rodgers and Hammerstein Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific
Vaughan-Williams Dreamland
Miller-Heidke/Grandage Where? from The Rabbits
Lehrer I Got it From Agnes
MENU
QPAC Executive Chef Joshua Wilby has designed a special two course Queensland themed menu with matching wines curated by Australia’s second Master of Wine Peter Scudamore-Smith.
Welcome glass of sparkling wine on arrival
Mains
Darling Downs Beef Cheek, buttermilk potato puree, confit shallot, bacon
Ridgemill Estate Joshua’s Pup Shiraz Grenache Mourvedre 2017
Bowen Barramundi, mussel, chorizo and squid crumb, gnocchi, fennel
Ridgemill Estate Pinot Grigio 2019
(V) Little Acre Mushroom fusilli bucati, truffle, Jerusalem artichoke, smoked cheese
Golden Grove Brose Rose 2020
Elgin Park Chicken Breast, confit leg, fricassee of peas and beans, pickled red cabbage, chicken jus
Ballandean Estate Shiraz Viognier 2017
Dessert
BBQ Pineapple, cheesecake, brown butter crumb, pineapple sorbet
Sunshine Coast Strawberry, panna cotta white chocolate, vanilla sponge, macadamia
Artisanal Cheese selection, chutney, crisp bread
Dark Chocolate Cremeux, black sesame ice cream, candied walnuts, raisin puree, meringue
Selection of tea and coffee
For catering purposes bookings will close three days prior to each event.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
For catering purposes bookings will close three days prior to each event.
The Lyrebird Restaurant will open at 5:30pm and we recommend you arrive no later than 6pm to be seated and have your order taken.
The Lyrebird bar will be operating and contactless payment is strongly encouraged.
Hero image by Stephen Henry, courtesy of Opera Queensland
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Connecting safely at QPAC
QPAC is currently operating at 100% capacityi under a COVID Safe Plan approved by Queensland Health. As social distancing is not always possible in our theatres and foyers, masks remain mandatory for all patrons until otherwise advised. Please bring your own mask with you to the theatre. For contact tracing purposes we are using the Check In Qld app and encourage all patrons to download the app and fill out their details prior to attending performances at QPAC. Find out more.
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