http://pinchgutopera.typepad.com/pinchgut_opera/Sydney's Surprising Opera Company. enSun, 08 Nov 2009 22:07:07 PSTTypePad http://www.typepad.com/opera,baroque,Sydney,Pinchgut,classical,music,music,L,Ormindo,concerts,Antony,Walker,Erin,Helyard,Fiona,Campbell,CavalliMusicinfo@pinchgutopera.com.aunoopera,baroque,Sydney,Pinchgut,classical,music,music,L,Ormindo,concerts,Antony,Walker,Erin,Helyard,Fiona,Campbell,CavalliPinchgut Opera: - Sydney's Surprising Opera CompanySydney's Surprising Opera Companyhttp://pinchgutopera.typepad.com/pinchgut_opera/2009/11/blog-comp-win-a-lormindo-cd.htmlinfo@pinchgutopera.com.auSun, 08 Nov 2009 23:01:13 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83502e15f69e2012875657408970cSydney’s 2MBS-FM (102.5FM) will broadcast the special radio program called “Cavalli’s L’Ormindo: HIP, Then and Now” next Monday 23rd November at 9am (EST). The program aired on 3MBS in Melbourne a few weeks back and now it’s Sydneysiders' turn to hear the terrific insights about the comparisons between two L’Ormindo...http://pinchgutopera.typepad.com/pinchgut_opera/2009/11/eavesdropping.htmlinfo@pinchgutopera.com.auSat, 07 Nov 2009 14:26:00 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83502e15f69e2012875608697970cDirector Talya Masel worked very fast on Friday blocking about 50 pages of the score, which is great as we have a lot to get through each day. L’Ormindo has an enormous number of words to be sung and staged. Music Director Erin Helyard on harpsichord and Deb Fox on...http://pinchgutopera.typepad.com/pinchgut_opera/2009/11/lormindo-a-feast-for-the-eyes-and-the-ears-all-is-revealed-to-some.htmlinfo@pinchgutopera.com.auFri, 06 Nov 2009 02:58:12 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83502e15f69e20120a65b1739970bDirector Talya Masel and designer Adam Gardnir presented to the company what L’Ormindo will look like. From what was said – I think you are in for quite a visual and musical feast! Talya explained a few of the many subtleties within the direction that will heighten the depth of...http://pinchgutopera.typepad.com/pinchgut_opera/2009/11/sets-camera-and-music.htmlinfo@pinchgutopera.com.auThu, 05 Nov 2009 00:55:25 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83502e15f69e20120a655822d970bToday saw the arrival of Perth-born (though now living in Melbourne) director Talya Masel. Talya dropped her bags at the apartment and then headed straight to the rehearsal studio. Soprano Taryn Fiebig greeted her home-town friend with some gorgeous flowers and helped Talya do her hair for the photo (see...http://pinchgutopera.typepad.com/pinchgut_opera/2009/11/lormindo-rehearsals-have-started.htmlinfo@pinchgutopera.com.auWed, 04 Nov 2009 02:20:00 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83502e15f69e20120a651cd5f970bRehearsals started today with the Erin Helyard - music director & harpsichord and Deb Fox - lute and individual singers. Deb was saying that although she has learnt all the music - a continuo player has to hear the singer to really know what is going to happen. They are...http://pinchgutopera.typepad.com/pinchgut_opera/2009/11/the-heat-is-on.htmlinfo@pinchgutopera.com.auTue, 03 Nov 2009 01:18:18 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83502e15f69e20120a6a30da3970cWith only hours until the start to the rehearsals, 4 weeks to sell out before opening night of L'Ormindo, and at 37 degrees as I write this – the heat is on! I picked up lutenist Deb Fox this morning from the airport, and soprano Jane Sheldon was on the...http://pinchgutopera.typepad.com/pinchgut_opera/2009/11/ormindo-arrives-and-travelling-with-instruments.htmlinfo@pinchgutopera.com.auMon, 02 Nov 2009 18:50:22 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83502e15f69e20120a648120d970bPinchgut’s Liz Nielsen picked up David Walker from the airport early on Sunday morning to take him to his apartment on a clear sunny Sydney morning. David lives in Florida so a sunny morning is no big deal for him but he did have a big grin on his face...http://pinchgutopera.typepad.com/pinchgut_opera/2009/10/is-there-something-in-the-water-in-wa.htmlMusicinfo@pinchgutopera.com.auFri, 30 Oct 2009 05:06:44 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83502e15f69e20120a63c64a0970b“Not the water we drink, but the water we swim in. There's something about the ocean. It feeds the spirit.” Director Talya Masel told 2MBS's Fine Music magazine for an article that was published in the November edition that is out today. The cover story is about our production of...http://pinchgutopera.typepad.com/pinchgut_opera/2009/10/pinchgut-cast-crew-start-arriving-in-sydney.htmlinfo@pinchgutopera.com.auFri, 30 Oct 2009 17:11:07 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83502e15f69e20120a6280c46970bErin Helyard arrived early this morning from Montreal - via a few stopovers and a nearly missed connection. So after the (very) early airport pick up, shower and coffee, he talked about the amazing projects he has been doing and the upcoming L’Ormindo (I’ll get the flipcam on him soon!)....http://pinchgutopera.typepad.com/pinchgut_opera/2009/10/october-pinchgut-newsletter-out-today.htmlinfo@pinchgutopera.com.auWed, 28 Oct 2009 13:57:41 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83502e15f69e20120a67a835d970cIn this edition we ask soprano Taryn Fiebig to answer a few questions for us. Taryn will be singing the role of Sicle (the Princess of Susio) in L’Ormindo, which will be her first time performing with Pinchgut. She is a principal artist with Opera Australia, and has worked with...http://pinchgutopera.typepad.com/pinchgut_opera/2009/10/lormindo-rehearsals-start-next-week.htmlinfo@pinchgutopera.com.auWed, 28 Oct 2009 13:58:11 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83502e15f69e20120a61f9fe3970bYep, we are certainly rounding the corner with the cast and crew assembling for the first day of rehearsals next Wednesday 4 November. It’s a very exciting time at the moment with people arriving from many parts of the world including Erin Helyard, David Walker (Ormindo), Deb Fox (theorbo). We...http://pinchgutopera.typepad.com/pinchgut_opera/2009/10/special-radio-broadcast-of-cavallis-lormindo-hip-then-and-now.htmlinfo@pinchgutopera.com.auFri, 23 Oct 2009 21:21:29 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83502e15f69e20120a66de550970cThis Sunday 25th October at 7pm (EST) a special radio program will be broadcast on Melbourne’s 3MBS-FM - and live via the web at www.3mbs.org.au. Pinchgut’s co-artistic director, Erin Helyard has put together Cavalli’s L’Ormindo: “Hip”, Then and Now over several months, and as Erin explains: - “Musical scores from...http://pinchgutopera.typepad.com/pinchgut_opera/2009/10/designing-jewellery-for-opera.htmlMusicinfo@pinchgutopera.com.auThu, 22 Oct 2009 01:30:38 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83502e15f69e20120a611dfaa970bToday I meet up with jewellery designer Claire Aristides and painter & Pinchgut supporter, Alison Free. Claire will be designing and making the jewellery for L'Ormindo, working closely with designer Adam Gardnir in the coming weeks. (Claire also runs a successful jewellery making school.) Looking at her sketchbook and hearing...http://pinchgutopera.typepad.com/pinchgut_opera/2009/10/architect-andrew-andersons-talks-about-designing-successful-performance-venues-.htmlMusicinfo@pinchgutopera.com.auTue, 20 Oct 2009 05:52:41 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83502e15f69e20120a6006566970bAndrew Andersons is the architect that designed the wonderful City Recital Hall Angel Place where L’Ormindo will be performed. He is also (as he once corrected me) an “obsessive” concertgoer. I meet up with Andrew yesterday for a chat and asked him whether he thought opera would one day be...http://pinchgutopera.typepad.com/pinchgut_opera/2009/10/what-are-gut-strings.htmlinfo@pinchgutopera.com.auWed, 14 Oct 2009 21:44:15 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83502e15f69e20120a63da620970cNicole Forsyth will be playing the viola in the Orchestra of the Antipodes in L'Ormindo. I had a coffee with her and asked about playing with Pinchgut (she has been in every production) and what exactly are gut strings:- Nicole is one of Australia's finest chamber musicians on viola and...http://pinchgutopera.typepad.com/pinchgut_opera/2009/10/building-sets-for-a-timeless-world.htmlinfo@pinchgutopera.com.auTue, 13 Oct 2009 14:12:59 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83502e15f69e20120a635f299970cAndrew Johnston, our amazingly calm and talented production manager, is busy building the set in time for the beginning of rehearsals early November. This year, the set will be something never seen before in the City Recital Hall. Director Talya Masel and designer Adam Gardnir have created a timeless world...http://pinchgutopera.typepad.com/pinchgut_opera/2009/10/rare-opera-gem-by-most-famous-composer-of-his-time.htmlinfo@pinchgutopera.com.auMon, 12 Oct 2009 01:15:38 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83502e15f69e20120a631d9ab970cOpera Now is a UK magazine that is “a unique and all-encompassing perspective on the international opera scene”. Anyway, their current edition (with fab new design) published a wonderful lift-out on future productions, done in association with operabase.com. At the end they list new and rare works, and there is...http://pinchgutopera.typepad.com/pinchgut_opera/2009/10/happy-birthday-city-recital-hall.htmlinfo@pinchgutopera.com.auSat, 10 Oct 2009 00:03:46 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83502e15f69e20120a5d0b951970bCity Recital Hall Angel Place turns 10 years old this month, so many happy returns and music making! Pinchgut would not be able to exist without this fine space. Our aim is to present these rare opera gems in intimate venues - where the audience is “up close and personal”...http://pinchgutopera.typepad.com/pinchgut_opera/2009/10/calling-all-opera-virgins.htmlinfo@pinchgutopera.com.auThu, 08 Oct 2009 00:30:52 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83502e15f69e20120a62315f0970cI’ve been promoting our opera virgin offer recently with good response on the radio. The offer is that Pinchgut will refund the ticket price to anyone who has not seen a Pinchgut production before (or “opera virgin”) and who does not enjoy the up-coming production of Cavalli’s L’Ormindo. This year...http://pinchgutopera.typepad.com/pinchgut_opera/2009/10/pinchgut-explained.htmlinfo@pinchgutopera.com.auTue, 06 Oct 2009 01:44:47 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83502e15f69e20120a5c2bd58970bI received a phone call from one of our audience members Brett Davis, to book tickets for the Art Gallery concert and order Pinchgut T-Shirts and CD (you can too here). Brett pointed out that "Pinchgut" is a naval term, and has nothing to do with staving convicts (which we...nonadultPinchgut Opera: - Sydney's Surprising Opera Company