Pinchgut Opera returns to some of its favourite repertoire with The Spiritual Forest performed in Sydney and Melbourne, drawn from Monteverdi’s Selva morale e spirituale (1641), his great anthology of liturgical works composed in Venice.
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 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.