Suor Angelica – Giacomo Puccini. Harbour City Opera, September 25th, 2013, Paddington Uniting Church. Sung in Italian with English surtitles. Fledgling opera company Harbour City Opera presented its first complete opera this week choosing to perform Puccini’s Suor Angelica for this inaugural event. The all-female cast and the ability of the narrative and the music…
Creative Director of Harbour City Opera Sarah Ann Walker talks about why she is forming a new company and announces that Britten’s ‘The Rape of Lucretia’ is in the line -up for 2014. Sarah Ann Walker admits that she hasn’t slept properly in 7 months. The cause of this insomnia is that she is in the throes of…
Punching above its weight in talent and ambition, Sydney’s new kid on the block, Harbour City Opera presents Puccini’s 1 – act opera Suor Angelica, the tale of a young woman forced by her family to retreat to a nunnery as a result of an indiscretion. For seven years she waits for news of her…