Podcast appearances and mentions of sydney chamber opera

Sydney has one of the most recognisable opera house in the world, but some of the most innovative opera-making is happening at the other end of town, in the building where they used to build train carriages. Sydney Chamber Opera, led by o Jack Symonds, is a young, experimental collective of opera makers, collaborating with the established national company Opera Australia to bring Jack's epic Gilgamesh to the stage. Directed by Kip Williams, it is a new opera based on a very old story of queer desire, environmentalism, and dancing scorpions. Ce Benedict follows Gilgamesh from pianos falling through floorboards in rehearsals, to Opera Australia's artistic director unexpectedly stepping down, through to the literal glitter of opening night.

Sarah joins Regina to talk about how she has paved her way in as a director and the things that interest her. As well as her latert production No Pay? No Way! on at Sydney Theatre Company.      Sarah Giles is an award-winning opera and theatre director. Described by Limelight Magazine as one of Australia's most thoughtful theatre-makers, she has a passion for comedy and opera and has directed over 25 productions for companies including Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, State Theatre of South Australia, Malthouse Theatre, Griffin Theatre, The Australian Chamber Orchestra, Sydney Chamber Opera, Opera Queensland, State Opera of South Australia and West Australian Opera.  Sarah is a freelance artist, who works as a director, dramaturg and adaptor. She works across Australia and is based in Naarm / Melbourne where she lives with her family. Sarah received Helpmann Award and Green Room Award nominations for Best Direction of an Opera for her world premiere Victorian Opera production of Lorelei which won Best New Australian work and Best Design at the Green Room Awards where it was nominated in five categories.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes actor, singer, director, writer and artistic director of the State Theatre Company of South Australia; Mitchell Butel! Mitchell holds four Helpmann Awards, four Sydney Theatre Awards and two Victorian Green Room Awards for his work as a director, actor and writer in Australian theatre over three decades. He has also worked in New York, London, Hong Kong and New Zealand. He has worked extensively for Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre, State Theatre Company South Australia, Belvoir, Bell Shakespeare, Griffin, Malthouse, Opera Australia, Sydney Chamber Opera, Pinchgut Opera,  Most recently, Mitchell directed Giovanni Busenello's The Loves of Apollo and Dafne for Pinchgut Opera and the sold-out season of Dennis Kelly's Girls & Boys for State Theatre Company South Australia during the Adelaide Festival (and its tour to Sydney Festival and Theatre Royal, Hobart). For the Company, Mitchell has also directed Edward Albee's The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, David Lindsay-Abaire's Ripcord,  His performing highlights in theatre, music theatre and opera include A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The Merchant of Venice (as Shylock for which he won the Sydney Theatre Award for Best Actor), Mr Burns (Helpmann Award Best Supporting Actor), South Pacific,Angels in America. His film and TV highlights include A Sunburnt Christmas, Stateless, Dance Academy, Holding the Man, Gettin' Square (AFI nomination), The Bank, Strange Fits of Passion (AFI nomination),

Alexander Berlage is an award-winning director and lighting designer. He is co-artistic director of the Old Fitz Theatre. He is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Production, returning three years later to complete his Masters in Direction. Delivering a focused and creative flair since childhood, it would seem that his career was always assured. As a lighting designer, Alexander has worked for Sydney Theatre Company, Opera Queensland, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Sydney Chamber Opera, Sydney Dance Company, Griffin Theatre Company, and Redline Productions … just to name a few! Alexander's directing work includes American Psycho, Cry-Baby, Young Frankenstein; Gloria, There Will Be A Climax and Mr Burns. His productions command easy engagement and seduce with a vibrant and quirky aesthetic - guaranteeing audiences, delight and reward. In October Berlage stages Let the Right One in for the Darlinghurst Theatre Company - A supernatural thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat A visceral stage adaptation of the best-selling Swedish novel and film, Let The Right One In is a modern-day horror story with a twist … superbly crafted for the stage by Jack Thorne, the award-winning writer of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, this blood-thirsty thriller will set your heart racing with its shocking conclusion. To mark this new production directed by Alexander Berlage, we return to a conversation recorded in April 2019. A lot has happened since then but revisiting this chat gives us an insight into a theatre-maker at the dawn of his incredible output thus far. Let's revisit my conversation with - Alexander Berlage. The Stages podcast is available from Apple podcasts, Spotify, and where you find your favourite podcasts. www.stagespodcast.com.au

This week on Speak The Speech we are joined by Designer Anna Tregloan, who performs an excerpt from Shakespeare’s narrative poem ‘Venus and Adonis’. She discusses collaboration in the design process and how designers and directors work together to create the world of a production. She shares past creative projects, including her recent work The Impossible Project, which recorded the works cancelled, postponed or derailed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Anna Tregloan is an award-winning designer, artist and creative producer with extensive experience in theatre, dance, opera, contemporary performance, and the many different forms of installation art. She’s designed numerous productions for Malthouse Theatre, Legs on the Wall, Circus Oz, Sydney Chamber Opera and Force Majeure. For Bell Shakespeare, her credits include Venus and Adonis, Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, The Miser and most recently Hamlet. She was curator of the Australian exhibition for the most recent Prague Quadrennial of Performance, Space and Design.  You can view The Impossible Project here: https://theimpossibleproject.com.au/  

A sonic evocation of a post-apocalyptic world in which humankind scrambles to decipher the remnants of civilisation with the aid of a mysterious machine.

A sonic evocation of a post-apocalyptic world in which humankind scrambles to decipher the remnants of civilisation with the aid of a mysterious machine.

A dramatic musico-poetic telling of the life experience of a disabled person from the inside, with inspiration from the poetry of Sylvia Plath.

A dramatic musico-poetic telling of the life experience of a disabled person from the inside, with inspiration from the poetry of Sylvia Plath.

An operatic re-imagining of Homer’s Odyssey through the eyes of a female 'Odyssea' on her night-time walk home.

An operatic re-imagining of Homer’s Odyssey through the eyes of a female 'Odyssea' on her night-time walk home.

An operatic parable of the disappearance and re-emergence of the elusive endangered Australian bird the Night Parrot.

An operatic parable of the disappearance and re-emergence of the elusive endangered Australian bird the Night Parrot.

16 artists from the Australian music scene talk about staying creative and connected in these times of physical and social isolation.

16 artists from the Australian music scene talk about staying creative and connected in these times of physical and social isolation.

Chloe and Jason Roweth reveal songs and poems from the trenches and the home front written during the First World War. And composer Bree Van Reyk discusses her new opera “The Invisible Bird' and its online premiere with Sydney Chamber Opera.

Black Cockatoo tells the story of Australia's first Indigenous sports star, cricketer Johnny Mullagh, we ask Australian creatives and performers to reflect on the last ten years of performing arts, Bernadette Robinson returns to Australia with Songs for Nobodies, and we share some seasonal cheer with Michael Cormick, Johanna Allen and the cast of Christmas Actually.

Black Cockatoo tells the story of Australia's first Indigenous sports star, cricketer Johnny Mullagh, we ask Australian creatives and performers to reflect on the last ten years of performing arts, Bernadette Robinson returns to Australia with Songs for Nobodies, and we share some seasonal cheer with Michael Cormick, Johanna Allen and the cast of Christmas Actually.

Productions from Sydney's Belvoir St Theatre have dominated this year's Helpmann Awards with big wins for Counting and Cracking and Barbara and the Camp Dogs, Peter Carey's Booker Prize and Miles Franklin Award-winning novel Oscar and Lucinda comes alive in a new opera, Playwriting Australia board member Andrew Bovell explains the organisation's decision to suspend operations and undertake an independent review, and skateboarding and theatre collide in Big hART initiative SKATE — a big show with even bigger ambitions.

Productions from Sydney's Belvoir St Theatre have dominated this year's Helpmann Awards with big wins for Counting and Cracking and Barbara and the Camp Dogs, Peter Carey's Booker Prize and Miles Franklin Award-winning novel Oscar and Lucinda comes alive in a new opera, Playwriting Australia board member Andrew Bovell explains the organisation's decision to suspend operations and undertake an independent review, and skateboarding and theatre collide in Big hART initiative SKATE — a big show with even bigger ambitions.

Melbourne-based Deborah Kayser chats with both Jane Sheldon (ResBods Australia co-director) and Lucy Dhegrae (ResBods director/founder) to talk about her upcoming set for the inaugural Sydney festival at Carriageworks, co-presented by Sydney Chamber Opera. Deb presents a work with her partner in music and life, Nick Tsiavos, that is a journey of text in English, French, and Ancient Greek, a collaborative composition begun by Nick Tsiavos as the a solo bass piece “One Hundred Months, Third of East.” The three also chat about Dithyramb by Jason Eckardt, which Deb premiered, and Deb’s musical heroes (which includes the one and only Freddie Mercury!). For more information, please visit our show notes. SHOW NOTES

Australian vocalist Sonya Holowell sits down with RBF founder Lucy Dhegrae to discuss her upcoming set for the Sydney Festival at Carriageworks (co-presented by Sydney Chamber Opera) on September 1, 2018. Sonya talks about her improvisatory practice and how so many people and ideas have influenced her work, including the indigenous practice of “dadirri,” collaborations with designer/flutist Elia Bosshard, jamming with pianist and improvisor Jonathan Holowell (who is also her dad) and the discovery of her indigenous heritage. To read more about Sonya, please visit our show notes. SHOW NOTES

Sofia Jernberg sits down with ResBods founder Lucy Dhegrae to discuss her set for the Sydney Festival on August 31, 2018 at Carriageworks in collaboration with Sydney Chamber Opera. Sofia, who performed on the 2016 NYC Festival, will present a solo vocal work, as well as a world premiere by Johan Jutterström, and a collaboration with saxophonist Jim Denley. Sofia talks about her approach to performance and improvisation and what she is looking for in a collaborator. For more information on Sofia, please visit our show notes. SHOW NOTES

A new opera by Damien Ricketson and Adena Jacobs exploring involuntary vocal sounds of the female voice.

A new opera by Damien Ricketson and Adena Jacobs exploring involuntary vocal sounds of the female voice.

A new Australian chamber opera produced by Sydney Chamber Opera for the 2017 Sydney Festival.

A new Australian chamber opera produced by Sydney Chamber Opera for the 2017 Sydney Festival.

A new Australian chamber opera produced by Sydney Chamber Opera for the 2017 Sydney Festival.

A new Australian chamber opera produced by Sydney Chamber Opera for the 2017 Sydney Festival.

A new chamber opera based on Dostoyevsky's novella by composer Jack Symonds and librettist Pierce Wilcox.

A new chamber opera based on Dostoyevsky's novella by composer Jack Symonds and librettist Pierce Wilcox.

A new chamber opera based on Dostoyevsky's novella by composer Jack Symonds and librettist Pierce Wilcox.

A new chamber opera based on Dostoyevsky's novella by composer Jack Symonds and librettist Pierce Wilcox.