Few works command such instant recognition as Carl Orff’s CARMINA BURANA. From the electrifying opening ‘O Fortuna’ to moments of shimmering tenderness, this choral masterpiece celebrates the passions, fortunes and follies of life with irresistible energy. Performed in the …
4 1/2 stars
There is a myth surrounding the world famous piece of sacred music, Allegri’s Miserere. According to the myth, Pope Urban VIII issued a decree in the mid 1600’s that it would be an offensive excommunication if …
Sydney’s City Recital Hall hosted the opening night to a fresh opera production from Pinchgut Opera last night. The opera is “Giustino” (pronounced Joo-STEEN-orh) by Giovanni Legrenzi. Have you heard of Legrenzi before? Maybe not. Yet, through the late 1600’s …
A luscious, gorgeous concert brought to us by the excellent Pinchgut Opera.It was filmed at the City Recital Hall on April 3 and streamed as part of the Pinchgut at Home series .As ever Erin Helyard conducts the distinguished Orchestra …
The live audience was ecstatic with thunderous applause for Pinchgut’s magnificent, finely burnished and lushly detailed performance of Monteverdi’s VESPERS. Fortunately you can catch it online at the moment until 1 May, 2021.
Written in 1610, Monteverdi’s VESPERS (…