Inaugurated just 1 year ago, in April 2013, Hobart Baroque has already established a reputation as an important fixture on the national calendar of music festivals. It is the only festival in the country solely dedicated to performance of music of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. In 2014, Hobart Baroque will run from March…
Possibly the most challenging aspect of writing about my evening at Giasone, Pinchgut Opera’s 2013 production, has been to decide which of the many facets of this beautifully integrated production was the most memorable – was it the casting or the singing? The musical direction or the orchestra? Was it was the inventive staging…
Don’t be misled by the seemingly masculine focussed title and synopsis of Cavalli’s Giasone. The opera which Pinchgut Opera is presenting with an all Australian cast in Sydney this week is as much about the rivalry between the two powerful women who are at the centre of the drama, distracting the hero from his…