Tales From The Vienna Staatsoper – Q And A With Margaret Plummer

Tales From The Vienna Staatsoper – Q And A With Margaret Plummer

Exactly a year ago, mezzo-soprano Margaret Plummer packed up her family, said ‘goodbye’ to friends and relocated to Vienna to follow her dream. A familiar face – and voice – on the Sydney opera stage, she had been awarded the Vienna State Opera Award from Opera Foundation Australia and opportunity beckoned. A graduate of the Sydney…

Pinchgut 2015: Tragedy And Comedy – Bookings Open

Pinchgut 2015: Tragedy And Comedy – Bookings Open

  Pinchgut Opera continues its 2014 programming trend in 2015, once again presenting two rarely heard masterpieces of drama and comedy at Sydney’s City Recital Hall. Their winter offering (July 4,5,7 and 8) is Vivaldi’s Bazajet (RV 703), a tragedia per musica in 3 acts, with libretto by Agostino Piovene. The musical content comprises Vivaldi’s own arias dedicated…