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Catriona McKay and Chris Stout with special guest James Crabb and support act Kejafi

11 April 2025

In the Utzon Room

Classical Music

Returning to the Opera House are Fiddle and Harp award winning duo who are accomplished musicians and composers. They have performed together on the world's biggest stages across folk, classical and world music festivals.

Sonically exquisite

The Guardian

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Emotional Music of stark beauty and driving energy

It's hard to believe there's only two people on stage as Chris Stout & Catriona McKay weave their way between glorious soundscapes and music of breathtaking simplicity. Catriona and Chris have taken these most traditional of instruments, the harp and the fiddle, and catapulted them into the contemporary world of music making.

Presented by Mick O'Driscoll / Club Hibernia

Program

Catriona McKay
Harp

Chris Stout
Violin / Viola

James Crabb
Accordion

Kejafi are:
Ken O'Neill Irish Bouzouki
Fiona McVicar Vocals / Violin
James Gastineau Hills Violin / Viola
Ann Palumbo Double Bass

Plan your visit

Venue information

Our foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Refreshments will be available for purchase from our theatre bars.

All Sydney Opera House foyers are pram accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators). Pram parking will be available outside the theatres in the Western Foyer.

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