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Mozart in Perth: excellent soloists, well-honed choir and orchestra
An over-enthusiastic audience distracts from an excellent performance of Mozart's Requiem Mass by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra and Choir with a first class quartet of soloists.
A streamlined, dramatic Rinaldo from Pinchgut
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.
Stunning Walküre in Melbourne Opera's Ring cycle in Bendigo
Melbourne Opera's Walküre outdoes expectations, with really splendid singing and all-round performances, led by Lee Abrahmsen's Sieglinde.
Pinchgut Opera brings Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Médée to Sydney
Erin Helyard and his cast bring terrifically strong musical values to Charpentier's Médée, but Justin Way's production falters.
The after party you can't miss: Pinchgut's Platée
In arguably its best production to date, theatre luminary Neil Armfield combines with Pinchgut and Erin Helyard for the first time to deliver this electrifying production of Rameau's comic masterpiece, Platée.
Melbourne Opera mines Australian talent in new Rheingold
Melbourne Opera has produced a critically and popularly successful Das Rheingold, which bodes well for the planned development of a full Ring cycle over the next four years.