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Uncompromising theatre: Gilgamesh world premiere
A powerful work by brave innovators is a legacy for the departing Opera Australia Artistic Director.
A triptych of loss from Sydney Chamber Opera
Monodramas by Francis Poulenc, Kaija Saariaho and Jack Symonds feature in a triple bill on the themes of love, loss and absence.
Deeper than the day: Dusapin's O Mensch
Absorbing performances from Mitch Reilly and Jack Symonds render Dusapin's O Mensch a highly charged experience at the end of the Sydney Festival.
Mayakovsky: an object of operatic fascination
A new opera by Alison Croggon and Michael Smetanin on the Soviet poet Mayakovsky is an intense experience in the production by Sydney Chamber Opera under Jack Symonds.
Sydney Festival: Sydney Chamber Opera
Sydney Chamber Opera deliver a thrilling double-bill of works by Kurtág and Benjamin under the direction of Jack Symonds, at the Sydney Festival 2014.
Wagner with a twist: Jack Symonds' bold response to Parsifal with Sydney Chamber Opera
Three days after seeing the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast version of Wagner’s Parsifal, I attended Climbing Toward Midnight, Jack Symonds’ compositional response to this same opera, directed by Netta Yashchin.