I wish theatre companies and venues in Sydney would go through metamorphoses to lure and entice audiences. Disgraceful that PACT in Erskineville has METAMORPHOSES running there at the moment but passing traffic wouldn’t know, even people who knew it was
Greed, loneliness, grief, defiance, vengeance, desperation, flirtation, lust, violation, violence, pride, longing, humility and reward… All are possible when pleasing or angering the gods. And this ecstatic parade often surrounds the pursuit of love.
Dino Dimitriadis’ direction of Mary Zimmerman’s
There was tumultuous applause for this excellent revival of Bizet’s THE PEARLFISHERS, which originally premiered in 2000, directed by Ann-Margaret Pettersson. If you are into nineteenth century French Romantic opera then this is for you. It is almost sheer operatic