Iphegénie en Tauride storms into Sydney

Par Paul Selar, 04 décembre 2014

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Critique faite à City Recital Hall, Sydney, le 3 décembre 2014

Gluck, Iphigénie en Tauride

Pinchgut Opera

Margaret Plummer, Diane

Caitlin Hulcup, Iphigénie

Grant Doyle, Oreste

Christopher Richardson, Thoas

Orchestra of the Antipodes

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

Jeremy Eccles, 7th June

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

****1

Julius Caesar – or some of it – from Pinchgut Opera

Sandra Bowdler, 21st November

Handel's Giulio Cesare is heavily abridged in Sydney, but generally well-performed musically, albeit with a rather awkward staging by Neil Armfield.

***11

Faithful to Handel: Pinchgut Opera performs Theodora

Jeremy Eccles, 8th February

Pinchgut Opera presents magnificent music and a timeless ethical debate on faith versus sectarian difference.

****1

A streamlined, dramatic Rinaldo from Pinchgut

Sandra Bowdler, 30th November

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.

****1

Baroque opera resurrected at Pinchgut: Legrenzi's Giustino

Jeremy Eccles, 25th May

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.

*****

Sublime performance of Buxtehude by Pinchgut Opera

Sandra Bowdler, 4th April

A wonderful night of late 17th-century music by the somewhat obscure German composer Dietrich Buxtehude is brought to radiant life by Erin Helyard and the Pinchgut Opera company.

*****

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Paul Selar

Also known as 'OperaChaser', Paul's passion for attending opera in performance spans 30 years. With a background in architecture and an unstoppable need to travel, Paul's foray into the world of reviewing started as Opera Australia's inaugural Critic-in-Training. He currently blogs at operachaser.blogspot.com.au.

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