A sparkling Fledermaus in Adelaide

By Brian Angus, 09 October 2016

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Reviewed at The Opera Studio, Adelaide on 7 October 2016

Strauss II, Die Fledermaus

State Opera South Australia Young Artists

Timothy Sexton, Conductor, Frosch

Sarah-Jane Pattichis, Adele

Karina Jay, Ida

Desiree Frahn, Rosalinde

Courtney Turner, Prinz Orlofsky

Beau Sandford, Alfred

Adam Goodburn, Gabriel von Eisenstein

Joshua Rowe, Dr Falke

Andrew Turner, Frank

Students of the Elder Conservatorium, Vocals

The Barber of Seville in State Opera of South Australia's new home

Sandra Bowdler, 11th November

This sparkling successful production of Rossini's popular masterpiece delights the crowd on its opening at the new home for opera in Adelaide.

****1

Bastien und Bastienne and Fortunio sparkle with comic richness*

Brian Angus, 9th October

State Opera of South Australia is performing two short pieces, Mozart’s Bastien und Bastienne and the even rarer Offenbach’s La chanson de Fortunio, showcasing several developing young artists.

****1

Antonia Bembo’s Ercole amante wins hearts at the Opéra de Paris

David Karlin, 2nd June

Leonardo García-Alarcón's exhumation of Bembo's work proves a winner, in a hyper-quirky staging by Netia Jones with Julie Fuchs as the pick of the fine singers.

****1

Chasing the American Dream: UK premiere for Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up

Mark Pullinger, 1st June

Amy Lane directs an intimate staging of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s 2018 chamber opera in the compact Milton Court Theatre.

****1

Longborough Festival Opera season starts slow with Orlando

Eleanor Knight, 30th May

Beth Taylor gives the lows and highs of Handel's heroics an almighty, whole-body shakedown in Sinéad O'Neill’s new staging of Handel's Orlando.

***11

Viennese splendour in Garsington’s Rosenkavalier revival

Roy Westbrook, 28th May

Bruno Ravella's splendid 2021 production of Strauss' opera of Viennese manners returns with a fine cast.

****1

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Brian Angus

Brian is a lover of opera, and has enjoyed attending operas for over forty years. Brian has very catholic tastes; favourite classic composers are Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi, contemporary composers John Adams and Jake Heggie, and a curiosity about Stockhausen’s music. He is always seeking opportunities to expand his appreciation of the world of music and opera.

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