Operantics Sydney’s youngest opera company presents Bellini’s bel canto masterpiece, La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker), following their recent successful presentations of Cosi fan Tutte, Mansfield Park, Gentleman’s Island and The Telephone. La Sonnambula started life in Paris in 1827 as a ballet, at the height of a fashion for stage works incorporating somnambulism. Its first operatic performance took…
British composer Jonathan Dove’s operatic adaptation of Jane Austen Mansfield Park, captures the heart of this timeless novel in a beautiful chamber opera set to libretto by Alasdair Middleton. Fanny Price is the poor, overlooked niece of Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram, raised in the midst of privilege at Mansfield Park alongside her wealthy cousins. Quietly in…
Operantics, Sydney’s freshest young independent opera company invites you to its premiere production, Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte featuring the talents of aspiring young artists and one of Mozart’s most beautiful scores. Hilarious musical madness abounds in Mozart’s surprisingly modern comedy of love, betrayal and unconvincing disguises. Spoiled sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella are put to the test when…