2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2016-01-27UTC09:04:40+00:002016-01-27Absorbing performances from Mitch Reilly and Jack Symonds render Dusapin's O Mensch a highly charged experience at the end of the Sydney Festival.Deeper than the day: Dusapin's O Mensch an absorbing spectacle in Sydneyen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-dusapin-mensch-sydney-chamber-opera-january-2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngDavid Larkinhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/944https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/944https://bachtrack.com/files/135-dl_photo.jpgDavid is a lecturer at the University of Sydney, specialising in nineteenth-century music. Educated at Dublin and Cambridge, he has published on Richard Strauss, Liszt and Wagner. He gives pre-concert talks for the Sydney Symphony, and sings with a number of chamber choirs.https://bachtrack.com/files/33517-o_mensch_sydney_chamber_opera_lisa_tomasetti2_resized.jpg300410Mitch ReillyLisa Tomasetti2016-Jan-22, Carriageworks: O Mensch!https://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/carriageworks-6676/o-mensch/22-january-2016/20-002016-01-222016-01-24CarriageworksSydneyNew South WalesAustraliaNSW 2015245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh-33.8941948151.1893094
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.
2014Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2014-07-31UTC08:16:04+00:002014-07-31A 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.Mayakovsky an intense operatic experience in Sydneyen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-mayakovsky-sydney-july-2014Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngDavid Larkinhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/944https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/944https://bachtrack.com/files/135-dl_photo.jpgDavid is a lecturer at the University of Sydney, specialising in nineteenth-century music. Educated at Dublin and Cambridge, he has published on Richard Strauss, Liszt and Wagner. He gives pre-concert talks for the Sydney Symphony, and sings with a number of chamber choirs.https://bachtrack.com/files/6089-mayakovsky_sydney2_zan_wimberley.jpg275409Sydney Chamber Opera's MayakovskyZan Wimberley2014-Jul-28, Carriageworks: Mayakovskyhttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/carriageworks-6676/mayakovsky/28-july-2014/20-002014-07-282014-08-02CarriageworksSydneyNew South WalesAustraliaNSW 2015245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh-33.8941948151.1893094
2014Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2014-01-21UTC12:37:35+00:002014-01-21Sydney Chamber Opera deliver a thrilling double-bill of works by Kurtág and Benjamin under the direction of Jack Symonds, at the Sydney Festival 2014.Outstanding performances by Sydney Chamber Opera at Sydney Festivalen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-jan-2014-sydney-festival-scoBachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngDavid Larkinhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/944https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/944https://bachtrack.com/files/135-dl_photo.jpgDavid is a lecturer at the University of Sydney, specialising in nineteenth-century music. Educated at Dublin and Cambridge, he has published on Richard Strauss, Liszt and Wagner. He gives pre-concert talks for the Sydney Symphony, and sings with a number of chamber choirs.https://bachtrack.com/files/4045-hismusicpress_8383.jpg510340Emily Edmonds in Into the Little HillLouis Dillon-Savage2014-Jan-18, Carriageworks: Sydney Festival: His Music Burnshttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/carriageworks-6676/sydney-festival-his-music-burns/18-january-2014/11-302014-01-182014-01-18CarriageworksSydneyNew South WalesAustraliaNSW 2015245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh-33.8941948151.1893095
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.
2013Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2013-11-07UTC16:42:52+00:002013-04-19David Larkin reviews Sydney Chamber Opera's production of Jack Symonds' Climbing Toward Midnight, starring Mitchell Riley, Lucinda Mirikata-Deacon.Wagner with a twist: Jack Symonds' bold response to Parsifal with Sydney Chamber Operaen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-sydney-chamber-opera-climbing-towards-midnight-symondsBachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngDavid Larkinhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/944https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/944https://bachtrack.com/files/135-dl_photo.jpgDavid is a lecturer at the University of Sydney, specialising in nineteenth-century music. Educated at Dublin and Cambridge, he has published on Richard Strauss, Liszt and Wagner. He gives pre-concert talks for the Sydney Symphony, and sings with a number of chamber choirs.https://bachtrack.com/files/2520-maya_gavish_and_mitchell_riley.jpg400400Maya Gavish and Mitchell Riley Louis Dillon-Savage2013-Apr-17, NIDA Parade Theatres: Climbing Toward Midnighthttps://bachtrack.com/listing-sydney-chamber-opera-climbing-towards-midnight-symonds2013-04-172013-04-17NIDA Parade TheatresSydneyNew South WalesAustraliaNSW 2033215 Anzac Parade, Kensington-33.915781151.2251674
Sydney Chamber Opera’s latest venture, a production of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ 1979 piece The Lighthouse, played to a packed Carriageworks theatre on Monday. In an era when the continued viability of classical music institutions is debated hotly, the fact that this new company can pull in the crowds for a challenging modernist work is cause for congratulation.
2012Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2013-11-07UTC16:35:20+00:002012-11-30David Larkin reviews Sydney Chamber Opera's production of Peter Maxwell Davies The Lighthouse at Carriageworks.Full house for Sydney Chamber Opera's innovative staging of Maxwell Davies' The Lighthouseen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-sydney-chamber-opera-maxwell-davies-lighthouseBachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngDavid Larkinhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/944https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/944https://bachtrack.com/files/135-dl_photo.jpgDavid is a lecturer at the University of Sydney, specialising in nineteenth-century music. Educated at Dublin and Cambridge, he has published on Richard Strauss, Liszt and Wagner. He gives pre-concert talks for the Sydney Symphony, and sings with a number of chamber choirs.https://bachtrack.com/files/1986-daniel_macey__mitchell_riley__alexander_knight.jpg400400Daniel Macey, Mitchell Riley, Alexander Knight Sydney Chamber Opera2012-Nov-26, Carriageworks: The Lighthousehttps://bachtrack.com/listing-sydney-chamber-opera-maxwell-davies-lighthouse2012-11-262012-11-26CarriageworksSydneyNew South WalesAustraliaNSW 2015245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh-33.8941948151.1893094
