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Pinchgut Opera 2024 Review: Dido & Aeneas

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(Photo Credit: Cassandra Hannagan) Audience-members arriving at Sydney’s Angel Place Recital Hall for Pinchgut Opera’s latest production, Purcell’s opera “Dido and Aeneas,” walked in on a boxed theatrical space in which ensemble-members crossed and re-crossed the stage folding linen. While some audience-members were to be heard wondering what the folding signified, the repeated activity, minutes before the opera started, could {…}
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Opera Australia 2023-24 Review: Theodora

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(Photo Credit: Keith Saunders) Opera Australia’s summer season continued on February 8 with a chance to hear Handel’s favorite among his oratorios. What was it? 1739’s “Saul?” “Messiah” of 1742? Neither. In a coproduction with baroque specialists Pinchgut Opera, Opera Australia presented “Theodora,” Handel’s oratorio from 1750. This was a semi-staged version directed by Lindy Hume, who has been Opera {…}
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The Adelaide Festival Unveils 2024 Season

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Photo credit: Jörg Brüggemann The Adelaide Festival has announced its lineup for the 2024 festival. First up is “Guuranda,” commissioned by the Adelaide Festival. The work was created by a collective of First Nations artists, Narungga Elders and non-Indigenous artists. “Guuranda” is written and directed by Jacob Boehme with artwork by Narungga visual artist Kylie O’Loughlin and sung by Narungga {…}
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Christophe Dumaux, Kang Wang, Samantha Clarke, Stacey Alleaume, Cathy-Di Zhang Headline Opera Australia’s 2024 Sydney Season

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Opera Australia announced its 2024 summer season which will feature five Sydney Opera House premieres. Guest Creative Director Lindy Hume curated the season. The program highlights the scope of Australian talent both “on and off the stage,” as well as international guest artists and opera in contemporary storytelling. Hume’s program includes several milestone partnerships for Opera Australia including Victorian Opera, {…}
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Jake Arditti, Carlo Vistoli & Cathy-Di Zhang Lead Pinchgut Opera’s 2023 Season

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Australia’s Pinchgut Opera has announced its 2023 season The season opens with “Membra Jesu Nostri” by Dieterich Buxtehude. Performance Dates: April 1-5, 2023 Nicholas Tamagna, Madeleine Pierard, Jacob Lawrence, Lauren Lodge-Campbell, OwenWilletts, Russell Harcourt, Louis Hurley, Andrew O’Connor, and Chloe Lankshear star in “Giustino” by Giovanni Legrenzi. Erin Helyard conducts Dean Bryant’s production. Performance Dates: May 25-31, 2023 “Pleasures of {…}
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Danielle De Niese, Anna Dennis, Anthony Gregory, Bethany Horak-Hallett Headline London Händel Festival 2022

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(Credit: Frances Marshall) The London Händel Festival has announced its 2022 lineup, which will be entitled “New Beginnings.” For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal and operatic performances only. Opening Night will feature Laurence Cummings leading the Academy of Ancient Music and the National Youth Choir of Great Britten as well as the Chamber Choir {…}
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Pinchgut Opera 2021 Review: Platée

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(Photo credit: Brett Boardman) Something happens at the end of Pinchgut Opera’s “Platée” that lifts this production from brilliant to moving. It’s a brainwave of director Neil Armfield’s that should be concealed from those who may yet see this production – the Australian premiere season of Rameau’s 1745 opera – at Sydney’s Angel Place Recital Hall or yet purchase the {…}
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Pinchgut Opera Announces 2021 Season

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The Pinchgut Opera in Australia has announced its 2021 season. The season opens with “Vespers” by Monteverdi featuring Erin Helyard as conductor and keyboard player. Performance Dates: March 20-25, 2021 Myriam Arbouz, Keara Donohoe, Max Riebl, Nicholas Jones, David Greco, and Andrew O’Connor star in a concert dedicated to Purcell and Charpentier. Performance Dates: Sept. 11-14, 2021 “The Love of Apollo and Dafne” {…}

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