Pacific Opera
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Pacific Opera is an opera company based in Sydney, Australia.
Founded in 2003 by Sylvie Renaud-Calmel and Christine Douglas, the current Artistic Director, the company has an annual Young Artist Program for emerging opera singers aged 18–33, which integrates coachings, rehearsals and stage craft with numerous public and private performance opportunities. An annual opera production offers role practice to the young artists and employment for young industry professionals including designers, orchestral musicians, repetiteurs, conductors and directors.
The company has a strong track record of fundraising and has attracted a loyal fan base, interested in following the careers of its talented young artists, past and present.
Founded in 2003 by Sylvie Renaud-Calmel and Christine Douglas, the current Artistic Director, the company has an annual Young Artist Program for emerging opera singers aged 18–33, which integrates coachings, rehearsals and stage craft with numerous public and private performance opportunities. An annual opera production offers role practice to the young artists and employment for young industry professionals including designers, orchestral musicians, repetiteurs, conductors and directors.
The company has a strong track record of fundraising and has attracted a loyal fan base, interested in following the careers of its talented young artists, past and present.
Productions
- 2003: The Magic FluteThe Magic FluteThe Magic Flute is an opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue....
, The Independent Theatre, North Sydney - 2004: Hansel and Gretel, The Independent Theatre, North Sydney
- 2005: Così fan tutteCosì fan tutteCosì fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti K. 588, is an opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart first performed in 1790. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte....
, The Independent Theatre, North Sydney, and Riverside Theatres, Parramatta - 2006: Pacific Opera in Concert 2006, The Independent Theatre, North Sydney
- 2007: The Barber of SevilleThe Barber of SevilleThe Barber of Seville, or The Futile Precaution is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's comedy Le Barbier de Séville , which was originally an opéra comique, or a mixture of spoken play with music...
; Pacific Opera in Concert 2007 The Independent Theatre, North Sydney, and Riverside Theatres, Parramatta. - 2008: Daphnis and Chloe and Gorgeous Galatea, The Independent Theatre, North Sydney
- 2009: La sonnambulaLa sonnambulaLa sonnambula is an opera semiseria in two acts, with music in the bel canto tradition by Vincenzo Bellini to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani, based on a scenario for a ballet-pantomime by Eugène Scribe and Jean-Pierre Aumer called La somnambule, ou L'arrivée d'un nouveau seigneur.The first...
, Glen Street TheatreGlen Street TheatreGlen Street Theatre is a 400 seat proscenium arch auditorium located in the Forest Community Centre at the corner of Glen Street and Blackbutts Road in Belrose. It was opened on 6 July 1985 by Warringah Shire President Darren Jones, and it now has a reputation as one of the most successful regional...
, Belrose - 2010: Hansel and Gretel. Glen Street Theatre, Belrose
- 2011: The Magic FluteThe Magic FluteThe Magic Flute is an opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue....
, Llewelynn Hall Canberra with the Canberra Symphony OrchestraCanberra Symphony OrchestraCanberra Symphony Orchestra is the principal professional orchestra of the Australian Capital Territory based in Canberra, the national capital of Australia....
, Glen Street Theatre, Belrose, and Riverside Theatres, Parramatta