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Sydney's Surprising Opera Company

Pinchgut Opera was set up in Sydney Australia in 2001 to give audiences a different experience of opera. We present operas not often presented by major companies and in an intimate space where the audience is close to the music. One of our aims is to involve people more closely in the music and production of the opera and this blog is part of that. Our 2009 production is Cavalli's L'Ormindo, opening at City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney on 2 December.

People of Pinchgut:-
Artistic Directors Erin Helyard & Antony Walker

Artistic Administrator Alison Johnston

Marketing/Development Anna Cerneaz
 (that's me, who writes this blog)
Production Manager Andrew Johnston
Chair Elizabeth Nielsen
Board Members: Ken Nielsen John Pitman
Patrons: Kenneth W Tribe, Moya Henderson

Contact:
Anna Cerneaz, Pinchgut Opera
Ph: 02 9389 8117 or 0412 093 063
PO Box 309, Edgecliff NSW 2027
E: anna@pinchgutopera.com.au
www.pinchgutopera.com.au

Cavalli’s L’Ormindo - An intriguing comedy of love triangles
www.lormindo.com

Written by the most famous opera composer of his time (and Monteverdi’s protégé), Francesco Cavalli, L’Ormindo is full of sublime melodies, harmonic invention – and delicious humour! A beautiful young queen, her elderly husband, two lovelorn princes, cross-dressing aides, and of course, a little matter of mistaken identity.

The cast will include some of Australia’s favourite voices including Fiona Campbell, Taryn Fiebig, Kanen Breen, Richard Anderson, Trevor Pichanick, Jane Sheldon and Anna Fraser. American countertenor David Walker will return to sing Ormindo and the Orchestra of the Antipodes, conducted from the harpsichord by Erin Helyard, will play on instruments of the Italian baroque.

Cast includes: David Walker countertenor (Ormindo); Fiona Campbell mezzo-soprano (Erisbe), Taryn Fiebig soprano (Sicle), Trevor Pichanick tenor (Amida), Richard Anderson bass (Ariadeno), Kanen Breen tenor (Erice), Jane Sheldon soprano (Nerillo), Anna Fraser soprano (Mirinda) and Andrei Laptev tenor (Osmano)
Conductor: Erin Helyard
Director: Talya Masel
Designer: Adam Gardnir
Lighting Designer: Bernie Tan-Hayes
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Antipodes on period instruments
Sung in Italian with English surtitles (libretto by Giovanni Faustini) and First performed in Venice in 1644.
Tickets from $30 to $115
Box office: Ph: 02 8256 2222; Online: at www.cityrecitalhall.com/book/id/538

Sung in Italian with English surtitles (libretto by Giovanni Faustini) and First performed in Venice in 1644.

“The fairy lights go up in Martin Place and the houselights go down in City Recital Hall this resilient and enormously talented bunch of artists present their annual foray into neglected operatic treasures” (Sydney Morning Herald).