Marcia Sings Summer Featuring special guest Casey Donovan
10 - 11 October 2025
In the Concert Hall
Contemporary Music
Celebrate the music of one of the world’s best-selling music artists of all time and the undisputed Queen of Disco, Donna Summer.
Who better to lead this dazzling tribute to a 20th-century icon than the legendary Marcia Hines, joined by the incredible vocal powerhouse, Casey Donovan?
| Date | Time |
| Friday, 10 October 2025 | 7pm |
| Saturday, 11 October 2025 | 7pm |
| Ticket | Price |
| Premium | $139.90 |
| A Reserve | $129.90 |
| B Reserve | $109.90 |
| C Reserve | $89 |
$8.95 booking fee applies per transaction
Prices correct at the time of publication and subject to change without notice. Exact prices will be displayed with seat selection.
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10am, Friday 21 March 2025
Wheelchair accessible:
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Run time
This performance runs for approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes, including a 20 minute interval.
Event duration is a guide only and may be subject to change.
Age
This performance may contain sexual references.
Children aged 15 years and under must be accompanied at all times.
The Opera House is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children that visit or engage with us. Read our Child Safety Policy.
Donna SummerGod had to create disco music so I could be born and be successful.
Useful information:
Disco balls and divas
Donna Summer sold over 100 million albums, won five Grammy Awards and had 32 chart singles in the Billboard Top 100, including 14 top ten and four number-one singles.
Join Marcia Hines and special guest Casey Donovan for an evening of putting the Concert Hall acoustics to good use as they bust out the classics; Hot Stuff, Bad Girls, I Feel Love, Love to Love You Baby, She Works Hard for the Money, This Time I know it’s for Real and many more. Accompanying them, a nine-piece band on stage led by musical director and drummer, Joe Accaria.
This will be a celebration of the life and music of one of the world’s best-selling music artists of all time and the undisputed Queen of Disco.
Presented by Sydney Opera House and Peter Rix
Marcia Hines
Australia’s beloved musical treasure Marcia Hines, with a career spanning five decades, has released 22 albums, selling 2.6 million copies, and has garnered countless chart-topping singles and multi-platinum records globally.
Marcia is an inspiration to women and Australians everywhere, constantly reinventing herself and setting industry benchmarks; moving from Boston Massachusetts to Sydney at just 16 to star in the Australian production of Hair, being the first black woman to star in Jesus Christ Superstar and advocating ceaselessly for diabetes.
Marcia was Australian Idol’s favourite judge for the show’s seven consecutive years, and was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2007. She received the Order of Australia (AM) in 2009 for her services to the Australian Entertainment Industry as a performer, judge and mentor, and to the community through a range of charitable organisations.
Casey Donovan
After a meteoric rise to fame at the age of 16, Casey became the youngest ever winner of Australian Idol in 2004. Casey is a multi-award winner and nominee, including an ARIA No #1 Award for Listen with Your Heart and Deadly Awards for Best Album, Best Single and Most Promising New Talent as well as winner of the public vote for her song Proud for Eurovision Australia Decides 2020. More recently, Casey performed the role of Matron Mama Morton in the musical Chicago in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
Director
Yvette Lee
Musical Director
Joe Accaria
Vocal Director
Carmen Smith
Associate Musical Director
Nik Pringadi
Lighting Director
Ziggy Ziegler
Audio Designer
Dean Lovell
Tour Manager
Ron Haryanto
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.
Getting here
The Sydney Opera House Car Park, operated by Wilson Parking, is open and available to use. Wilson Parking offer discounted parking if you book ahead. Please see the Wilson Parking website for details.
Please check the Transport NSW website for the latest advice and information on travel. You can catch public transport (bus, train, ferry) to Circular Quay and enjoy a six minute walk to the Opera House.
Frequently asked questions
Ticket purchases and collection at our Box Office is discouraged and eTicket or postal delivery methods should be used, wherever possible. However, if you are collecting your tickets from the Box Office, we recommend doing this at least 60 minutes before the event starts. If you have already received your tickets, the venue doors will be open 45 minutes pre-show for Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 30 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Please take your seats as soon as you arrive.
If you are late, we will seat you as soon as we can and, where possible, in your allocated seat. However, to reduce movement in the venue as well as minimise disruption to the performance and other patrons, ticketholders may be seated in an allocated latecomer’s seat. Please be aware that some events have lock-out periods. In these cases, latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance. On occasions, this may not be until the interval, or at all where there is no interval.
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In accordance with our venue security procedures, Opera House security will be scanning and checking bags under the Monumental Stairs, prior to entering the building. Bags will be scanned by an x-ray machine, and staff will wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) when handling your belongings, such as gloves. Cloaking facilities will be open 60 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 60 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. However it is strongly encouraged that you travel lightly to minimise contact and queuing. Any bags larger than an A4 piece of paper will need to be checked into the Cloak Room.
The authorised agency for this event is the Sydney Opera House.
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Please contact Box Office on +61 2 9250 7777 as soon as possible to advise if you can no longer attend.
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.
The venue doors will be open 45 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 30 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances.
Please bring a credit or debit card for any on site purchases to enable contactless payment. You’re welcome to bring your own water bottle but no other food and drinks are permitted inside our venues.
The health, safety and wellbeing of everyone at the Sydney Opera House is our top priority. In line with this commitment, the Opera House became a smoke-free site in January 2022. Read our Smoke-free Environment Policy.
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