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…
Northside Opera Study group invites you to learn more about opera through their weekly meetings. Next week, on Monday 23rd September, Pinchgut Opera will speak about their 2013 production, Il Giasone (Jason) by Cavalli. This production is loosely based on the story of Jason and The Golden Fleece. It was the most often-performed opera in Venice in the 17th Century….
It was like trying to keep up with two fine young colts let loose to play after training. Jeffrey Thomson and Hadleigh Adams are in Sydney to sing the twin male leads in Jean-Phillipe Rameau’s Castor and Pollux, which is to hit the boards at the City Rectal Hall under the auspices of Pinchgut Opera,…