Handel's Messiah (2026)

Join the MSO and an all-Australian cast for Handel’s Messiah – a Christmas tradition and must-hear for many concertgoers. Sir James MacMillan leads a deeply-considered performance of a work that has been a staple of our concert season throughout our 120-year history.
Our starring soprano Mia Chenea Robinson is an expert in sacred choral music – and a local Melburnian. She sings alongside mezzo-soprano Stephanie Dillon who has previously conquered the heights of Bach’s St John Passion and Monteverdi’s Vespers. Louis Hurley and David Greco bring their familiar but world-class voices into those deeper-pitched roles of tenor and baritone, while this mammoth-scale Baroque masterpiece will be rounded out with our very own MSO Chorus. Merry Christmas to all!
Program
Handel Messiah
Featuring
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Sir James MacMillan conductor
Mia Chenea Robinson soprano
Stephanie Dillon mezzo-soprano
Louis Hurley tenor
David Greco baritone
MSO Chorus
Warren Trevelyan-Jones chorus director
MSO's Geelong performance is supported by the Estate of the Late Blanche Brooke Hutchings and Perpetual Foundation – Alan (AGL) Shaw Endowment.