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Opera Australia 2024 Review: Idomeneo

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(Photo: Keith Saunders In her thought-provoking program essay on “Idomeneo,” the final opera in Opera Australia’s 2024 summer season which premiered at Sydney Opera House on Feb 20, director Lindy Hume quotes Anne Carson’s “Grief Lessons” of 2008: “Myths are stories about people who become too big for their lives temporarily, so that they crash into other lives or brush {…}
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Opera Australia 2024 Review: The Magic Flute

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(Photo credit: Keith Saunders) Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” has a bit of everything – part-serious opera, part-singspiel, part-burlesque, part-ritual. Music commentators often seem much exercised with how to categorize it. That thought arose while watching Kate Gaul’s new production of “The Magic Flute” on February 1. This was the third opera in Opera Australia’s 2024 summer season at Sydney Opera {…}
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West Australian Opera Announces 2023 Season

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The West Australian Opera has announced its 2023 season. The season opens with Bizet’s “Carmen” starring  Ashlyn Tymms in the title role. The cast is rounded out by  Paul O’Neill, José Carbó, and Prudence Sanders. Dane Lam conducts the production by Stuart Maunder. Performance Dates: Feb. 24 & 25, 2023  The following production will be Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods” {…}
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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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Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen & Rachelle Durkin Highlight ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at Adelaide Festival 2021 Edition

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(Credits: Dario Acosta / Rachelle Durkin official website) The Adelaide Festival has announced the centerpiece of its 2021 Edition. Benjamin Britten’s operatic masterwork “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will make its Australian debut at the festival. The opera will star countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen in the role of Oberon; soprano Rachelle Durkin as Tytania; soprano Taryn Fiebig in the role of {…}
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Victorian Opera Announces Cast for Hotly Anticipated New Production

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Victorian Opera has announced the cast for its upcoming production of “The Who’s Tommy.” The company revealed that the role of Pete Townshend will be played by Mat Verevis with other cast members in leading roles including Amy Lehpamer, Chris Ryan, Paul Capsis, Kanen Breen, and Vincent Hooper. The ensemble cast is comprised of Sheridan Anderson, Jared Bryan, Monique Dawes, Mark Doggett, Darcey Eagle, Courtney {…}

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