Sydney has a brand new early music ensemble The Muffat Collective, comprising harpsichordist Anthony Abouhamad, viola da gamba player Anton Baba, and Baroque violinists Matthew Greco and Rafael Font-Viera. The musicians met in the Netherlands where they were based for several years, studying and performing with Europe’s leading period instrument orchestras. Trinity Grammar School’s Society of the…
Pinchgut Opera presents Antonio Vivaldi’s passionate and powerful Bajazet, performed for the first time in the southern hemisphere and the latest Baroque masterpiece to be rediscovered by the chamber opera ensemble. Bajazet is a rarely performed operatic gem that premiered in Verona in 1735. The performance features an array of brilliant arias designed to showcase the virtuosic talents of…
The Keys to our Sonorous Garden showcases two of the nation’s favourite sopranos, Anna Fraser and Jane Sheldon, supported by an ensemble of exceptional Australian early music specialists from Pinchgut Opera, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Latitude 37 and the Australian Haydn Ensemble. The concert also features international guest artist, Albert-Jan Roelofs from the Netherlands’ The Wallfisch…