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Pinchgut Opera Announces 2019 Season

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The Pinchgut Opera has announced its 2019 season, which will feature two operas, two concerts, and performances in two different cities. The company is billed as Australia’s only Baroque Opera Company, specializing in staging early opera since 2002. This season, the company is set to showcase Monteverdi’s “The Return of Ulysses,” which will be directed by Chas Rader-Shieber and will star {…}
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Vivica Genaux Headlines Pinchgut Opera’s 2018 season

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The Pinchgut Opera has announced its 2018 season with a number of exciting performances. The Australian company will present the Melbourne debut of Grammy winner Vivica Genaux. She will headline the Australian premiere production of Johann Adolph Hasse’s “Artaserse.” The production will also star a number of Pinchgut favorites such as Australian countertenor David Hansen and tenor Andrew Goodwin, as well as {…}
News, Season Announcement

Victorian Opera Unveils 2026 Season

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(Photo credit: VO) Victorian Opera announces its 2026 season, marking the company’s 21st anniversary. The season begins with Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance” staring Ben Mingay, Antoinette Halloran, Nicholas Jones, Nina Korbe, and Richard Piper. Performance Dates: January 31 – February 6, 2026 “Ned Kelly: The Musical” by Reg Livermore, who will make a cameo appearance, is next. {…}
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Italian Opera Foundation Australia will present ‘Stars of Tomorrow’

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The Italian Opera Foundation Australia will present “Stars of Tomorrow” on Sunday, June 29, 2025 at City Recital Hall. The showcase will feature eight finalists performing two pieces as they compete for two major scholarship prizes and the People’s Choice Award. The finalists include countertenor Robert Shlemon Adam, bass Jake Bigwood, soprano Bronwyn Douglas, soprano Eleanor Greenwood, soprano Imogen-Faith Malfitano, {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opera Australia 2025 Review: Dido and Aeneas

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(Photo credit: Keith Saunders) The Opera Australia production of Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” that opened at the Sydney Opera House on March 13 was the second time in a year that Erin Helyard conducted the work. Previously, Helyard’s own company Pinchgut Opera had presented the work at Angel Place Recital Hall. This time Helyard conducted a co-production between Opera Australia {…}
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Opera Australia to Peform ‘Dido & Aeneas’

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(Credit: ©David Kelly) Opera Australia is set to present Henry Purcell’s “Dido & Aeneas.” The production is Opera Queensland’s production directed by Yaron Lifschitz, Artistic Director of the widely acclaimed acrobatic troupe Circa. The production showcases the winning formula of his highly praised “Orpheus & Eurydice,” merging Circa’s physicality and Opera Australia’s musicianship in a contemporary operatic retelling of the {…}
News, Streaming

Hugh Cutting Leads New Dallas Opera Production of ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’

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The Dallas Opera is set to present Gluck’s “Orpheus and Eurydice” in a new production. The work will be shown in four performances from Feb. 7 to 15 at the Winspear Opera House. The new production will be directed by Joachim Schamberger and will be shown as a metaphor for caring for someone with dementia. In this new production, Orpheus becomes {…}
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Samantha Clarke & Lorina Gore to Headline Opera Australia’s ‘La Traviata’

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Opera Australia is set to present “La Traviata” in Sarah Giles’ luscious production. The opera, which will be presented between Jan. 23 and March 27, 2025, at the Sydney Opera House, will star Australian sopranos Samantha Clarke and Lorina Gore as Violetta. They will be joined by Korean tenor Ji-Min Park and Australian Iain Henderson as Alfredo and baritones José Carbó {…}
Business, News

Pittsburgh Opera Extends Antony Walker’s Contract

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Pittsburgh Opera has announced that Music Director Antony Walker has signed a five-year contract extension with the company. The extension will keep Walker on Pittsburgh Opera’s podium through June 2029. Walker first conducted for Pittsburgh Opera in the company’s 2004 production of “Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria” and has since conducted over 250 Pittsburgh Opera performances spanning more than 50 operas. Pittsburgh {…}

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