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Artiste: Pinchgut Opera

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Erin Helyard; Neil Armfield; Pinchgut Opera; Alexander Berlage; Orchestra of the Antipodes; Cantillation; Eugene Lynch
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Superb musical performances in Pinchgut’s Scarlatti rarity in Sydney

Ashlyn Tymms (Caino) and Ewan Herdman © Anna Kučera
As usual, Pinchgut lavishes musical excellence on an obscure Baroque work... but why stage an oratorio? 

Netia Jones directs Pinchgut Opera in a well-oiled Fairy Queen

The Fairy Queen © Cassandra Hannagan
A rare 17th-century English Baroque spectacular, designed to delight the Restoration crowd, is given a contemporary twist in Sydney. 

Julius Caesar – or some of it – from Pinchgut Opera

Samantha Clarke (Cleopatra) and Tim Mead (Giulio Cesare) © Brett Boardman
Handel's Giulio Cesare is heavily abridged in Sydney, but generally well-performed musically, albeit with a rather awkward staging by Neil Armfield. 

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. 

A streamlined, dramatic Rinaldo from Pinchgut

Jake Arditti (Rinaldo) and Alexandra Oomens (Almirena) © Cassandra Hannagan
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.

Baroque opera resurrected at Pinchgut: Legrenzi's Giustino

Jacob Lawrence (Emperor) and Madeleine Pierard (Empress) © Cassandra Hannagan
Unseen since the 18th Century apart from one night in Germany, Legrenzi's Giustino deserves to re-enter the repertoire after its revival by Pinchgut Opera's Erin Helyard.
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SydneyWomen of the Pièta

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