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Pacific Opera provides professional development and performance opportunities for emerging opera singers, under the supervision of industry professionals.
Our sparkling productions delight audiences in Sydney, western Sydney and interstate at affordable prices.
If you want to get involved, call us on 02 9252 7547.
WHAT'S NEW ?
Pacific Opera will stage GODS & SINNERS
a double bill of two One Act operas.
Gorgeous Galatea by Franz von Suppé
Daphnis & Chloe by Jacques Offenbach. (Australian premiere)
PERFORMANCES
8pm August 20, 21, 22, 23
2.30pm matinees August 23, 24
The production will be directed by Christine Douglas
and conducted by Andrew Greene
More details coming soon!
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WHAT'S JUST BEEN ON?
EL AMAL, a new opera, has just been workshopped in the first week of May by Pacific Opera at Riverside Theatres Paramatta as part of their Breakout! program.
Click on the pic below to see some of the action
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| El Amal workshop |
Written by Llew Kiek & John Shand, the piece looks at an Arabic family in Australia, negotiaiting generational and cultural imperatives.
Singers Maria Okunev, Maria Lurighi, Julian Brun & Phil Joughin wirked for a week with director Christine Douglas and the composer & librettist to tease out the potential of the piece.
With Estella Roche on keyboards and Mara Kiek throwing in some estern percussion, it was a highly valuable week's work which will lead on to two more workshops and a proposed production in 2010, $$$s depending of course!
VOICES ON A SUNDAY
Sunday 25th May 2008, 2.30pm
The Independent Theatre, North Sydney
Pacific Opera combined with the exciting chamber choir Bel a cappella and a 20 piece orchestra to present our annual concert at The Independent.
Eleven of our new crop of young artists performed a wonderful, varied program ranging from Handel through Wagner, Verdi and Lehar and on to living composers, Palmer and McGlynn.
The whole was brought together with a 20 piece orchestra under the baton of rising young Australian conductor, Russell Ger, in his last Australian performance before taking up overseas studies.
Our audience enjoyed great operatic choruses, Va pensiero and the rousing Brindisi from La traviata with choir and soloists.
It was great to see such a crowd there last Sunday and we look forward to seeing you all at GODS & SINNERS, our double bill in August at The Independent
WHAT WAS ON EARLIER THIS YEAR?
2008 GALA YOU PUT ON YOUR MASKS AND THEY WERE STUNNING!
Pacific Opera held it's second annual Gala Fundraising dinner on Friday March 28th at The Strangers' Dining Room at NSW Parliament House. Acclaimed flautist Jane Rutter was accompanied by that fiend of the keyboards, Andrew Greene with the fabulous tenor Glenn Winslade and young artists Valda Wilson and Morgan Pearse providing some wonderful entertainment.
It was thrilling to see so many people in masks, the prize for the best mask went to Michele Asprey whose feathers had a mind of their own by the end of the evening! Photos will be posted shortly.
Lucky guests snapped up great prizes at the silent auction including 5 nights at Club Meb Bali, stunning Aboriginal and Vietnamese art, two fabulous boating prizes and much more.
BOOKINGS FOR 2009 GALA
We have already started taking bookings for next year's Gala which will be held on Friday March 27th 2009.
So get in early to avoid missing out on a great night of entertainement, music and food, with all profits going to support Pacific Opera!
Bookings Julie Taylor 9252 7547 or email julie@pacificopera.com.au
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