Pinchgut Opera returns to the stage in December, with its major live production for the year, Platée by Rameau, directed by Neil Armfield in his directorial debut for Pinchgut. The company celebrates 20 years of being at the forefront of baroque opera in Sydney with an all-Australian cast directed by Erin Helyard.
The Australian Haydn Ensemble returns to the stage with Mozart's Prague, a glorious orchestral concert with Guest Director Dr Erin Helyard. There are performances in Sydney and Bathurst.
Pinchgut Opera fans have another terrific musical event to look forward to with the Australian debut of Antonio Cesti's Orontea, one of the most popular operas of the 17th century. Superstar mezzo-soprano, Anna Dowsley returns to Australia from Germany to sing the title role of this charming and wickedly funny Baroque opera. Comprising a prologue...
Pinchgut Opera, Australia’s specialists in Baroque vocal and orchestral music, presents Women of the Pietà by Vivaldi, performed in both Sydney and Melbourne and featuring and ensemble of female singers with soloist Miriam Allan and curated by Erin Helyard.
Pinchgut Opera, Australia’s only specialist Baroque opera company, concludes the 2022 season with the Australian premiere of Médée by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, one of the greatest operas of the French Baroque era.
Pinchgut Opera’s 2023 opening concert under the artistic direction of Erin Helyard, is Membra Jesu Nostri, a sublime cycle of seven cantatas composed by Dieterich Buxtehude in 1680.
Pinchgut Opera's glittering May production of Giustino by Legrenzi, a fairy-tale full of wonderful music, fantastic beasts and wonder.