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An updated Poppea crowned in Melbourne
An updated staging of this 17th-century opera, with great singing and acting, is more successful than its somewhat distracting updated orchestration.
Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio updated for Melbourne
Director Constantine Costi updates the action of Mozart's Singspiel to a secluded cross between a cult headquarters and a nightclub.
Physical comedy detracts from Pinchgut's musically ravishing Orontea
Ravishing music and performances, a crazy G&S plot, but physicality that tends to distract in Constantine Costi's production.
Pinchgut takes on Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria is given the Pinchgut treatment, with an abstract staging complementing historically informed music-making under Erin Helyard.