Sydney Independent Opera presents Mozart’s Dramma giocoso in 2 acts Don Giovanni K 527, a darkly funny morality tale which romps through the sexual and emotional irresponsibility of the Don who is eventually brought to book for his deeds. His machismo and untouchability are countered by the consequences of his crimes, moral outrage and revenge as Mozart’s timeless genius takes…
Sydney Independent Opera celebrates the beginning of a new year of opera in Sydney with a glorious tribute to Giuseppe Verdi, marking the bicentenary of his birth in 1813. The great composer once wrote “…when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and…
Sydney Independent Opera present an unusual double bill this weekend with its productions of Gustav Holst’s The Wandering Scholar and Puccini’s The Cloak (Il Tabarro). The Wandering Scholar was Holst’s last and most successful opera (he wrote four)*. It is a work in miniature, written in one act for a small orchestra and just four singers (tenor,…