Girl power: Pinchgut's “Women of the Pietà”

Dorée Dixon and Carla Blackwood

Miriam Allan and The Orchestra of the Antipodes

Cantillation, The Orchestra of the Antipodes and Erin Helyard

By Chantal Nguyen, 13 September 2022

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“playing this concerto on valveless horns is akin to an extreme sport”

Reviewed at City Recital Hall, Sydney on 10 September 2022

Vivaldi, Concerto for 2 horns, RV 539

Vivaldi, In furore iustissimae irae, RV 626

Vivaldi, Magnificat in G minor, RV610

Vivaldi, Laudate pueri Dominum, RV 601

Galuppi, Dixit Dominus

Miriam Allan, Soprano

Carla Blackwood, Natural Horn

Dorée Dixon, Natural Horn

Cantillation

Orchestra of the Antipodes

Erin Helyard, Director

Pinchgut Opera

Netia Jones directs Pinchgut Opera in a well-oiled Fairy Queen

Jeremy Eccles, 7th June

A rare 17th-century English Baroque spectacular, designed to delight the Restoration crowd, is given a contemporary twist in Sydney.

****1

Julius Caesar – or some of it – from Pinchgut Opera

Sandra Bowdler, 21st November

Handel's Giulio Cesare is heavily abridged in Sydney, but generally well-performed musically, albeit with a rather awkward staging by Neil Armfield.

***11

Faithful to Handel: Pinchgut Opera performs Theodora

Jeremy Eccles, 8th February

Pinchgut Opera presents magnificent music and a timeless ethical debate on faith versus sectarian difference.

****1

A streamlined, dramatic Rinaldo from Pinchgut

Sandra Bowdler, 30th November

Although abbreviated, Pinchgut Opera's production of Handel's Rinaldo makes a powerful dramatic impact and exemplifies high musical values, with excellent orchestral playing and consistently fine singing.

****1

Baroque opera resurrected at Pinchgut: Legrenzi's Giustino

Jeremy Eccles, 25th May

Unseen since the 18th Century apart from one night in Germany, Legrenzi's Giustino deserves to re-enter the repertoire after its revival by Pinchgut Opera's Erin Helyard.

*****

Sublime performance of Buxtehude by Pinchgut Opera

Sandra Bowdler, 4th April

A wonderful night of late 17th-century music by the somewhat obscure German composer Dietrich Buxtehude is brought to radiant life by Erin Helyard and the Pinchgut Opera company.

*****

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Chantal Nguyen

Chantal has a background in ballet and contemporary dance, and was the first Australian to complete the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in Higher Level Dance. She has completed violin studies, and plays regularly in Sydney ensembles. She also dabbles in folk songs and subversive musical parody.