My Leonard Cohen with Stewart D'Arrietta

My Leonard Cohen with Stewart D'Arrietta. Returning by popular demand, following an acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe season and a sold-out run at the Sydney Opera House in 2017, Stewart D'Arrietta and his band are returning to the Sydney Opera House for one show only.

D'Arrietta and his band offer a stirringly personal celebration of the late, legendary Cohen, offering distinctive arrangements of his most iconic music. Driven by D'Arrietta's raw vocal style, these are arresting and imaginative interpretations of the great singer songwriter's most powerful works, performed by world-class musicians. Poetic anecdotes, punctuated with D'Arrietta's trademark laconic humour, offer a narrative frame by which the audience can contemplate the life of one of the world's most enigmatic songwriters. This is Cohen's music as you've never heard it before.

"It is a testament to D'Arrietta's devotion to keeping Cohen's music relevant that he continues to play to packed houses. Cohen himself would surely have paid to see this one." - Daily Business

"Magic." - The Adelaide Show

"(D'Arrietta) and his extraordinary band bring Cohen's songs to life in a way that surpasses mere imitation, altering arrangements and infusing them with a new energy that drives the emotional narrative of the show." - The Adelaide Advertiser

Stewart D'Arrietta and his 7 piece band will be performing Cohen's hit songs including the heartrending "Suzanne", the iconic "Tower of Song", the seductive "I'm Your Man", the rousing "Hallelujah", "Dance Me To The End Of Love", "Bird On A Wire", "So Long Marianne", plus many more.