Season Preview: Your guide to the arts in 2021

Music on the Terrace has announced its 2021 season, with offerings at Perth’s Government House spanning The Little Mermaid to Baroktoberfest and the launch of a new Soirée Series.

Music on the TerraceSara Macliver and Fiona Campbell. Photo © Steven Godbee

“It is with huge excitement that I look forward to 2021 and a full Music on the Terrace season!” said Artistic Director Fiona Campbell.

The season opens in February with KOORT (HEART), presented in association with Perth Festival, which will see award-winning duo Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse perform the second instalment in their four-part song-cycle in the Government House gardens. A musical story told in Noongar and English, KOORT follows Williams’ personal journey as a child of the Stolen Generations.

Later that month the Government House Ballroom will host performances of The Little Mermaid in a reimagining of Dvořák’s Rusalka by Freeze Frame Opera, which is also part of Perth Festival.

Next year will also see the launch of Music on...