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Superb musical performances in Pinchgut's Scarlatti rarity in Sydney

Ashlyn Tymms (Caino) and Ewan Herdman
© Anna Kučera
Il primo omicidio
© Anna Kučera
Il primo omicidio
© Anna Kučera
Madison Nonoa (Abele) and Ty Arnott
© Anna Kučera
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“the performance was up to Pinchgut’s usual standard of excellence”
Reviewed at Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney on 23 May 2026
Scarlatti, Il primo omicidio
Pinchgut Opera
Erin Helyard, Conductor
Dean Bryant, Director
Jeremy Allen, Set Designer
Melanie Liertz, Costume Designer
Benjamin Brockman, Lighting Designer
Orchestra of the Antipodes
Morgan Moroney, Video
Kyle Stegall, Adamo
Sara Macliver, Eva
Ashlyn Tymms, Caino
Madison Nonoa, Abele
Stephanie Dillon, Voce di Dio
Freddy Shaw, Voce di Lucifero
Netia Jones directs Pinchgut Opera in a well-oiled Fairy Queen
****1
Julius Caesar – or some of it – from Pinchgut Opera
***11
Faithful to Handel: Pinchgut Opera performs Theodora
****1
A streamlined, dramatic Rinaldo from Pinchgut
****1
Baroque opera resurrected at Pinchgut: Legrenzi's Giustino
*****
Sublime performance of Buxtehude by Pinchgut Opera
*****
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