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Erin Helyard; Neil Armfield; Pinchgut Opera; Alexander Berlage; Orchestra of the Antipodes; Cantillation; Eugene Lynch
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Faithful to Handel: Pinchgut Opera performs Theodora

Samantha Clarke (Theodora) © Keith Saunders
Pinchgut Opera presents magnificent music and a timeless ethical debate on faith versus sectarian difference. 
****1
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Pinchgut Opera brings Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Médée to Sydney

Catherine Carby (Médée) © Cassandra Hannagan
Erin Helyard and his cast bring terrifically strong musical values to Charpentier's Médée, but Justin Way's production falters. 
***11
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Girl power: Pinchgut's “Women of the Pietà”

Dorée Dixon and Carla Blackwood © Cassandra Hannigan
Celebrated soprano Miriam Allan headlines this energetic program of music written for the female orphan musicians of Venice's famous Ospedale.
****1
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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.
*****
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Fabulous musical performance of Athalia in Sydney

Handel's Athalia is a wonderful English oratorio but this production, while musically wonderful, was marred by a problematic staging with infuriating surtitles.
***11
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Theodora: a musical, if not dramatic, triumph in Sydney

Handel's oratorio Theodora performed by Pinchgut Opera in Sydney was played and sung beautifully in a rather drab production. Kudos to the soloists especially countertenor Christopher Lowery and conductor Erin Helyard.
****1
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SydneyWomen of the Pièta

Dorée Dixon and Carla Blackwood © Cassandra Hannigan
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Orchestra of the Antipodes; Erin Helyard; Miriam Allan; Carla Blackwood; Dorée Dixon; Cantillation