Pinchgut Opera

Pinchgut Opera is a chamber opera company in Sydney, Australia, presenting opera from the 17th and 18th centuries performed on period instruments. Founded in 2002, Pinchgut stages two operas each year in Sydney's City Recital Hall. It also performs concerts in both Sydney and Melbourne. The company utilises the professional chamber choir Cantillation as its chorus and has engaged both the Sirius Ensemble and the Orchestra of the Antipodes. Pinchgut draws most of its singers, players, directors and designers from Australia. Its artistic director is Erin Helyard. Antony Walker co-founded the company and conducted the early Pinchgut productions. All productions are recorded by Greenside Productions and Mano Musica and are released on CD under the "Pinchgut Live" label. Pinchgut Opera draws its unusual name from Fort Denison, a former penal site in Sydney Harbour which was nicknamed "Pinchgut" by its inmates. According to its website, the company chose the name "as we wanted something recognisably Sydney, easy to remember and as a reminder of our tight budgets and humble beginnings".

A Delicate Fire (Soundtrack from the Film) - 2020-12-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Hasse: Artaserse (Live) - 2020-03-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308 - 2019-01-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Handel: Theodora (Live) - 2018-04-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Haydn: L'anima del filosofo, Hob. XXVIII:13 (Live) - 2017-04-07T00:00:00.000000Z

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