Pinchgut Opera

Productions:
L'anima del filosofo: Orpheus & Eurydice
L'Ormindo
David and Jonathan (2008)
Juditha Triumphans (2007)
Idomeneo (2006)
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Dardanus (2005)
L'Orfeo (2004)
The Fairy Queen (2003)
Semele (2002)

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Idomeneo Cast

	Mark Tucker Mark will sing the role of Idomeneo. Mark was with Pinchgut in 2004 when he sang Orfeo. He has been very busy in Europe since then and we are glad that he is able to return for what will be his first performance of this role.
	Martene Grimson Martene will sing Ilia. Martene comes from Sydney and has spent her professional career in Europe where she is an Associate Artist with London's Classical Opera Company.
	Fiona Campbell Fiona will sing Idamante. Fiona is from Perth and since studying in London she has been working with West Australia Opera and many other music organisations in Australia. This year she made her debut with Opera Australia, and is touring with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in October.
	Penelope Mills Penelope will sing Elettra. Penelope has been with us for our last two productions - Orfeo, in which she sang Euridice, and Dardanus, in which she sang Vénus. Recent and future engagements include Fiordiligi in Pacific Opera's Cosí fan tutte, the soprano soloist in the Mozart Requiem for Sydney Philharmonia at the Opera House, Carmina Burana in Melbourne, Messiah with Willoughby Symphony, works by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho with The Seymour Group, and a recital at the Art Gallery of NSW.
	Paul McMahon Paul will sing Arbace. Paul is one of Australia's busiest tenors. He sang with Pinchgut in Semele, The Fairy Queen and l'Orfeo and has performed with all the Australian Symphony Orchestras as well as the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Christchurch Philharmonia, the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Paul teaches voice at the University of Newcastle. Paul has recently sung his first Evangelist in Bach's St Matthew Passion at the City Recital Hall last weekend.
	Antony Walker As most know, Antony is one of the Artistic Directors of Pinchgut and has conducted all our productions so far. Much of his work these days is in the US where he is Artistic Director and Conductor of Washington Concert Opera in Washington DC. He recently conducted a performance of Rossini's Tancredi about which the Washington Post said Thanks to Antony Walker, the artistic director and conductor of WCO, not only for choosing a glorious work and a worthy cast and coordinating a sumptuously blended performance, but for his part in reviving one of Washington's musical treasures. - Other 2006 US engagements include The Elephant Man for Minnesota Opera, Semele for New York City Opera, Tosca for Hawaii Opera Theatre and Samuel Barber's Vanessa for Chautauqua Opera.
	Anna McDonald Anna McDonald will lead the Orchestra of the Antipodes as first violinist. Anna was one of the founders of Pinchgut and played in Semele and The Fairy Queen . The demands of motherhood persuaded her to take a break from full-time music but this year she will go the UK to lead Paul McCreesh's Gabrieli Consort - with who she played for four years in London - in a performances of some Mozart symphonies and the concerto for two pianos (with the Labeque Sisters) at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival as well as re-joining Pinchgut. Anna is being sponsored by Grosvenor Financial Securities.
	Cantillation Formed in 2001 by Antony Walker and Alison Johnston, Cantillation is a chorus of professional voices with the speed, agility and flexibility of a chamber orchestra. As well as providing the chorus for all Pinchgut's production, Cantillation has been busy in the concert hall and the recording studio. Highlight concert performances include Adams - Harmonium, Sofia Gubaidalina's Now Always Snow, several tours for Musica Viva and Ross Edwards - Star Chant and Mountain Chant. For ABC Classics, Cantillation has recorded numerous discs including great choral masterpieces of the Renaissance, Faur - s Requiem, Orff's Carmina Burana, a collection of contemplative sacred works from the 20th century entitled Prayer for Peace, Handel's Messiah which was released on CD and DVD and a collection of Christmas carols entitled Silent Night. For Pinchgut Cantillation has performed in Handel's Semele, Purcell's The Fairy Queen Monteverdi's Orfeo and Rameau's Dardanus. Cantillation has also sung for the Dalai Lama, at the Rugby World Cup (and performed at the opening ceremony) and the Melbourne Commonwealth Games, recorded soundtracks for several movies (including the award winning score for The Bank), and our performance of the Allegri Miserere was also used for Bangarra Dance's productions of CLAN, seen around Australia in 2004. In 2006 engagements include Rachmaninoff's The Bells with the Sydney Symphony and Askenazy, Daphnis & Chloe and The Shock of the New with Maestro Gelmetti and the Sydney Symphony, a recording of the Mozart Requiem and Mozart's Idomeneo for Pinchgut Opera.
	Orchestra of the Antipodes Initially formed to record baroque and early works for ABC Classics, the orchestra has been the orchestra in Pinchgut's productions of L'Orfeo and Dardanus. Consisting of a group of Australia's best early music players including Neal Peres Da Costa, Danny Yeadon, Rachael Beesley, Anna McDonald and Nicole Forsyth the orchestra will in Idomeneo play authentic instruments of the early classical era. As well as the Pinchgut recordings, the orchestra has recorded Handel's Messiah (on CD and DVD) and a selection of Bach arias and duets with Sara Macliver and Sally-Anne Russell. In 2004 Orchestra of the Antipodes recorded the complete Brandenburg concertos, and this will be released in 2006. Most recently released is a CD of Baroque Duets featuring the Pergolesi Stabat Mater which won the inaugural ABC Classic FM listener's choice award in 2005. In 2005 projects included concerts at the Art Gallery of NSW, and concerts, recording and a tour with English soprano Emma Kirkby. In 2006 as well as the performances of Mozart's Idomeneo, Orchestra of the Antipodes will be making a CDs of the Mozart Requiem and Bach arias with bass baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes.