opera`s triple threat - Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

OPERA’S
TRIPLE THREAT
A BIRTHDAY PARTY
FOR VERDI, WAGNER
& BRITTEN
SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA CHOIRS
2013 SEASON
SAT 8 JUNE, 2PM
SUN 9 JUNE, 5PM
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
CONCERT HALL
UPCOMING EVENTS WITH SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA, JULY – SEPTEMBER
LUMINOUS NIGHT
A perfect musical celebration of
mid-winter with performances of
beautiful choral music inspired by
night, sleep and dreams by Sydney
Philharmonia’s youth choir VOX.
Program includes music by Morten
Lauridsen, Samuel Barber, Ola Gjeilo,
Eric Whitacre and Daniel Brinsmead.
VOX
Elizabeth Scott Conductor
SAT 3 AUGUST 7PM
ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL CRYPT
SUN 4 AUGUST 3PM
JOAN SUTHERLAND PERFORMING
ARTS CENTRE, PENRITH
ARCHITECTURE OF SOUND
When sound fills space it’s a visceral experience.
You can hear the architecture...
See the music... Feel our voices in motion.
We’re eagerly looking forward to giving our first
concerts at Carriageworks, in the vast expanse
of Bay 17. We’ll be making full use of the space,
so don’t expect the choir to stand still and sing
in front of you!
Michael Duke saxophone
Sydney Philharmonia Symphony
Chorus & instrumental ensemble
Brett Weymark Conductor
SAT 24 AUGUST 7PM
SUN 25 AUGUST 2PM
CARRIAGEWORKS
A COLE PORTER
CELEBRATION CONCERT
Who doesn’t love a Cole Porter tune? I Get a
Kick Out of You, Night and Day - songs like
this have stood the test of time to enter the
popular repertoire as standards of the American
songbook. They evoke a bygone world of luxury,
of Upper East Side apartments, cruise liners
and decadent cocktail parties...And they
continue to fascinate with their witty lyrics,
poignant emotions and wonderful melodies.
Sydney Philharmonia Festival
Chorus & Orchestra
Brett Weymark Conductor
THURS 19 SEPTEMBER 8PM
SAT 21 SEPTEMBER 2PM
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
MESSIAH
After a gap year away from our traditional Christmas performances of Messiah we
return to Handel’s masterpiece.
We are inviting you to join our Messiah Choir. The Messiah Choir is open to anyone
(no auditions required) and singers begin rehearsing weekly from November up
until the three grand performances at the Sydney Opera House in December.
For more information about singing in this event, visit sydneyphilharmonia.com.au
If you don’t want to sing but do want to see Handel’s Messiah, buy a ticket at
sydneyphilharmonia.com.au or call 9251 3115
FULL DETAILS AND TICKETS AVAILABLE AT SYDNEYPHILHARMONIA.COM.AU OR CALL 9251 3115 (MON-FRI 10AM-4PM)
OPERA’S
TRIPLE THREAT
A Birthday Celebration for Verdi, Wagner & Britten
ACT I
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Peter Grimes, Op.33
ACT II
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Otello
INTERVAL
ACT III
RICHARD WAGNER
Lohengrin
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
There will be a short pause between Acts I and II
Cheryl Barker soprano
Stuart Skelton tenor
Sydney Philharmonia Festival Chorus and Orchestra
Conductors Brett Weymark
Anthony Pasquill
This performance will be recorded for later broadcast by ABC Classic FM.
Approximate durations (minutes): 35, 5 (short pause), 40, 20 (interval), 40
The concert will conclude at approximately 4:30pm on Saturday and 7:30pm on Sunday.
OPERA’S TRIPLE THREAT
3
OPERA’S TRIPLE THREAT
ACT ONE
EDWARD BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913 – 1976)
Peter Grimes, Op.33 (1945)
Libretto by Montagu Slater after George Crabbe’s The Borough
Peter Grimes, a fisherman
Ellen Orford, a widow, schoolmistress of the Borough
Stuart Skelton
Cheryl Barker
PROLOGUE
• Interlude I: Dawn
ACT I
SCENE 1
• “Oh, hang at open doors” (chorus)
• “What harbours shelters peace” (Peter)
• Interlude II: Storm
SCENE 2
• “Now the Great Bear and Pleiades” (Peter)
• “Old Joe has gone fishing” (chorus)
ACT II
• Interlude III: Sunday Morning
ACT III
SCENE 1
• “Embroidery in childhood” (Ellen)
SCENE 2
• “Now is gossip put on trial” (chorus)
• “Peter, we’ve come to take you home”
(Ellen, Peter, chorus)
• “To those who pass the Borough” (chorus)
World Premiere
6 June 1945
Sadler’s Wells, London
Eric Crozier, director / Sadler’s Wells Opera / Reginald Goodall, conductor
These performances of Various Extracts from Peter Grimes by Benjamin
Britten are given by permission of Hal Leonard Australia Pty. Ltd.
exclusive agent Boosey and Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd of London
4 OPERA’S TRIPLE THREAT
ACT TWO
GIUSEPPE FORTUNINO FRANCESCO VERDI (1813 – 1901)
Otello (1887)
Libretto by Arrigo Boito after William Shakespeare’s Othello
Otello, the Moor, a general in the Venetian army
Desdemona, Otello’s wife
Stuart Skelton
Cheryl Barker
ACT I
SCENE 1
• “Una vela! Una vela! Un vessillo!” (chorus)
• “Fuoco di gioia!” (chorus)
SCENE 3
• “Gia nella note densa… Venga la morte?”
(Otello, Desdemona)
ACT III
SCENE 7
• “Viva! Evviva! Viva il Leon di San Marco!”
(Otello, Desdemona, chorus)
ACT IV
• “Piangea cantando nell’erma landa” (Desdemona)
• “Nium mi Tema” (Otello)
World Premiere
5 February 1887
Teatro alla Scala Milan
Franco Faccio, conductor
Francesco Tamagno as Otello, 1887
OPERA’S TRIPLE THREAT
5
ACT THREE
WILHELM RICHARD WAGNER (1813 – 1883)
Lohengrin (1850)
Lohengrin
Stuart Skelton
ACT III
• Prelude
SCENE 1
• “Treulich geführt ziehet dahin, wo euch die Liebe
bewahr!” (chorus)
SCENE 3
• “In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Schritten” (Lohengrin)
World Premiere
28 August 1850
Staatskapelle Weimar
Franz Liszt, conductor
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg (1845)
Elisabeth, the Landgrave’s niece
Cheryl Barker
ACT II
SCENE 4
• “Freudig begrüssen wir die Halle” (chorus)
SCENE 1
• “Dich, teure Halle” (Elisabeth)
World Premiere
19 October 1845
Royal Theater, Dresden
Richard Wagner, conductor
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1868)
Walther von Stolzing, a young knight from Franconia
Eva, Pogner’s daughter
ACT III
SCENE 5
• “Silentium! Silentium!” (chorus)
• “Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein”
(Walther, Eva)
• “Ehrt eure deutschen Meister” (chorus)
World Premiere
21 June 1868
Königliches Hof- und National-Theater, Munich
Hans von Bülow, conductor
6 OPERA’S TRIPLE THREAT
Stuart Skelton
Cheryl Barker
BRETT WEYMARK
ANTHONY PASQUILL
Brett Weymark studied singing
at the University of Sydney
and conducting at the Sydney
Conservatorium of Music
under Mats Nilsson, John
Hopkins, Henryk Pisarek and
Patrick Thomas. He continued
his conducting studies in
England, Europe and America
in the late 1990s. During
that period he also performed with Opera Australia, The
Song Company and Musica Viva, amongst others, as well
as lecturing in the Theatre Department of the University
of Western Sydney. He was awarded a Centenary Medal in
2001, for services to choral music.
A pianist, clarinettist and
singer by training, Anthony
began his musical education
in the choir of Lichfield
Cathedral where he was
head chorister under the
guidance of Andrew Lumsden
and graduated with a BMus
from Leeds University, UK.
During this time he completed
a year abroad at the University of North Texas, studying
composition and contemporary clarinet performance. He
has just completed his MMus in conducting under the
guidance of Imre Palló at the Sydney Conservatorium
of Music and currently works in the music departments
of The King’s School and Wenona Girls School.
Music Director
In 2003, Brett Weymark was appointed Musical Director of
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, for whom he has conducted in
performances of Bach’s St Matthew and St John Passions
and Christmas Oratorio, the Requiems of Mozart, Verdi,
Duruflé and Fauré, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Handel’s
Messiah and Jephthe, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, The
Tempest, Funeral Music for Queen Mary and Ode to St
Cecilia, Tippett’s A Child of Our Time and world premiere
performances of works by composers such as Elena KatsChernin, Peter Sculthorpe and Andrew Schultz. He has also
prepared choruses for such noted international conductors
as Sir Charles Mackerras, Zubin Mehta, Edo de Waart,
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Charles Dutoit and Sir Simon Rattle.
In 2010 Brett Weymark directed the Sydney Philharmonia
Choirs in several world premieres to celebrate the choir’s
90th anniversary, toured with the choir to London to appear
in the BBC Proms, conducted the Tasmanian Symphony
Orchestra and the contemporary Indigenous ensemble Black
Arm Band. Under his direction, the choir was awarded a
2010 Helpmann Award for its part in Stravinsky’s Oedipus
Rex and Symphony of Psalms directed by Peter Sellars
and was nominated for a 2010 Limelight Award for its
production of Purcell’s King Arthur.
In 2011 he opened the Sydney Philharmonia season with
Bach’s St John Passion and conducted the Sydney Symphony
as part of the 2011 Sydney Festival in Midsummer
Shakespeare with Australian actor John Bell and conducted
Die Fledermaus for WAAPA. In 2012 he conducted – in
addition to various concerts with Sydney Philharmonia –
Symphony in the Domain for the Sydney Festival, a new
production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni for OzOpera and the
Australian premiere of Goetz’s The Taming of the Shrew
for WAAPA. This year he has conducted the Hong Kong
Philharmonic, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs in Remember Me
and will perform Handel’s Theodora in Canberra as well as
returning to WAAPA to conduct a concert of works by French
and English composers.
Assistant Chorus Master
Anthony is currently the Assistant Chorus Master of the
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and Musical Director of
Sydney-based chamber choir Bel a cappella. 2012 saw him
preparing performances of Rachmaninov’s Vespers, the
Australian premiere of Rautavaara’s Missa, Tchaikovsky’s
Queen of Spades and Britten’s St Nicolas with Sydney
Philharmonia Choirs and Bach’s Jesu Meine Freude,
Mahler’s Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen and the
Australian premieres of Dyson’s Hierusalem and Vasks’
Missa with Bel a cappella.
Anthony’s engagements in 2012–13 include preparing
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs for performances with Eric
Whitacre (Light & Gold), David Robertson (Der fliegende
Holländer) and Vladimir Ashkenazy (War Requiem) as well
as other concerts with the Sydney Symphony. Recently he
was involved in preparing Sydney Philharmonia Choirs for
performances of Handel’s Semele and works by Ligeti as
part of the 2013 Sydney Festival, both to critical acclaim.
With Bel a cappella he will also be celebrating Britten’s
centenary with performances of his Hymn to St Cecilia
and Sacred and Profane as well as Gabriel Jackson’s
Edinburgh Mass and both secular and sacred works by
20th century composers from Estonia, Latvia, Sweden and
Finland.
OPERA’S TRIPLE THREAT
7
CHERYL BARKER
STUART SKELTON
Cheryl Barker is particularly
noted internationally for her
performances of Madama
Butterfly, singing this role for
English National Opera, De
Vlaamse Opera, Hamburg State
Opera, Deutsche Oper, Berlin,
Netherlands Opera and Houston
Grand Opera for whom she has
also performed Sarah in the
world premiere of Jake Heggie’s
The End of the Affair. Other international appearances
include Jenifer (A Midsummer Marriage) for the Royal Opera,
Covent Garden, Tatyana (Eugene Onegin) and Adina (L’Elisir
d’amore) for Scottish Opera, Oksana (Christmas Eve), Foreign
Princess (Rusalka), Governess/Miss Jessel (The Turn of the
Screw), Musetta (La bohème), Donna Elvira, Tosca, Salome
and Emilia Marty (The Makropoulos Case) for ENO, the title
role in Maria Stuarda (ReisOper); Violetta (Hamburg Statsoper
and Deutsche Oper/Berlin); Suor Angelica, Giorgetta, Mimì,
Desdemona (Otello) and Liu (Turandot)/De Vlaamse Opera and
Katya Kabanova (Welsh National Opera and Geneva).
Stuart Skelton, winner of two
Helpmann Awards and an Olivier
Award nominee, is recognised
as one of the finest heroic tenors
of his generation. His repertoire
encompasses some of opera’s
most challenging roles, from
Wagner’s Lohengrin, Parsifal,
Rienzi, Siegmund and Erik to
Strauss’s Kaiser and Bacchus,
Janáček’s Laca, Saint-Saëns’
Samson, Beethoven’s Florestan and Britten’s Peter Grimes.
She appears regularly with Opera Australia, where her roles
have included Nedda/I Pagliacci, Countess/Le nozze di Figaro,
Mimì in the award-winning Baz Luhrmann production of La
bohème, Violetta/La traviata, Donna Elvira/Don Giovanni,
Tatyana, Giorgetta, Suor Angelica and Lauretta (Il Trittico) and
°
the title roles in Madama Butterfly, Tosca, Jenufa,
Rusalka and
Arabella for which she won Green Room and Helpmann awards.
On the concert platform, Cheryl Barker has appeared at many
prestigious international venues including London’s Barbican,
Royal Albert Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Wigmore Hall, St John’s
Smith Square and with the Halle Orchestra. She has sung in
the Edinburgh, Spoleto and Melbourne festivals as well as
touring nationally for Musica Viva in 2005 and 2008.
Television, videos and recordings include Puccini Arias and
Pure Diva (Melba Recordings), Seduction & Persuasion and
Don John of Austria (ABC Classics), La bohème and Madama
Butterfly/Opera Australia, Madama Butterfly (Chandos),
Madama Butterfly/De Vlaamse Opera (Belgium/Netherlandse
Television) and Dyson’s Quo Vadis, Katya Kabanova, The
Makropolous Case, Rusalka and Great Operatic Arias
(Chandos).
Recent and forthcoming engagements include Desdemona,
Emilia Marty, Madama Butterfly, Manon Lescaut, Marschallin/
Der Rosenkavalier, Countess/Capriccio, Marietta/Die tote
stadt and Salome for Opera Australia, Tosca and Otello for
Opera Queensland, Madama Butterfly in Paris, Welsh National
Opera and Taipei, Emilia Marty in Amsterdam, Opera du Rhin
and Strasbourg and Francesca da Rimini in London. She also
performs in concert with the SSO, QSO, WASO and TSO. She
holds an honorary Doctor of Music conferred by the Victorian
College of the Arts where she studied with Dame Joan
Hammond. In London she has studied with David Harper.
Tenor
JOHN WRIGHT
KEITH SAUNDERS
Soprano
He has been critically-acclaimed for his performances on the
leading concert and operatic stages of the world, including
Berlin, Hamburg, London, Madrid, Munich, Paris, Vienna,
Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York,
San Francisco and Sydney, with Orchestras including the Berlin
Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, LA Philharmonic, London
Symphony, St Louis Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Vienna
Philharmonic, the Radio Symphonies in Hamburg, Munich
and Frankfurt, the symphony orchestras of Sydney, Adelaide,
Melbourne Tasmania and Western Australia and with worldrenowned festivals, the BBC Proms and the Edinburgh Festival.
He has sung with renowned conductors such as Daniel Barenboim,
James Conlon, James Levine, Fabio Luisi, Sir Simon Rattle, Asher
Fisch, Lorin Maazel, Sir Charles Mackerras, David Robertson,
Donald Runnicles, Michael Tilson-Thomas and Simone Young.
Stuart’s recent operatic highlights include Siegmund in Die
Walküre at the Metropolitan Opera; the title roles in Parsifal
(ENO, Zurich Opera) and Lohengrin (Semperoper Dresden,
Germany); The Drum Major/Wozzeck (Metropolitan Opera, Santa
Fe Opera); title role/Peter Grimes (Tokyo, BBC Proms, Oviedo,
Opera Australia, ENO); Canio/I Pagliacci (West Australian
Opera). His concert engagements include Das Lied von der
Erde with Berlin Philharmonic (Sir Simon Rattle), Mozarteum
Salzburg (Mark Wigglesworth), San Francisco, Chicago,
Netherlands Radio, Adelaide and Sydney symphony orchestras;
Oedipus Rex (New Zealand International Arts Festival); The
Kingdom with the London Symphony (Mark Elder) and Hermann/
Pique Dame with the Sydney Symphony (Vladimir Ashkenazy).
2013 sees Stuart perform Siegmund/Die Walküre in Ring Cycles
in Paris, Seattle and Melbourne; Parsifal (Zurich Opera); Peter
Grimes (London Philharmonic/Jurowski) and Oedipus Rex on tour
throughout Europe with the LSO and Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
Stuart can be seen and heard on DVD and CD with his numerous
recordings, including King Arthur on the BBC/Opus Arte DVD of
the world premiere of Isaac Albeniz’s Merlin, his critically-acclaimed
and multi award-winning portrayal of Siegmund with the State
Opera of South Australia’s Der Ring des Nibelungen under Asher
Fisch with Melba Recordings, the world premiere recording of John
Foulds’ A World Requiem, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony under Sir
Charles Mackerras and Das Lied von der Erde with Michael TilsonThomas, Thomas Hampson and the San Francisco Symphony
and with the Sydney Symphony under Vladimir Ashkenazy.
For further information, visit www.stuartskelton.com
8 OPERA’S TRIPLE THREAT
SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA CHOIRS
Music Director Brett Weymark
Assistant Chorus Masters Anthony Pasquill, Sarah Penicka-Smith, David Taylor
Rehearsal Pianists Josephine Allan, Michael Curtain, Estella Roche
SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA FESTIVAL CHORUS
SOPRANOS
Rosemary Atkinson
Oon Ja Bae
Martha Ban
Christine Barnes
Marie-Lorraine Beasley
Jan Begg
Claire Bennett
Anne Birt
Christine Bishop
Judith Blayden
Lea Bouganim
Sue Bowring
Louisa shui-Ching Chan
Lindy Chapman
Sally Charkos
Annette Clark
Heather Clemens
Louise Coster
Patricia Cotter
Nathalie Crane
Shirley Crawford
Michelle Crook
Wen Dai
Helen Dalton
Nathalie Deeson
Rebecca Diamant
Liz Efinger
Grace Famularo
Sonya Fernandes
Heidi Fisse
Nancy Flitcroft
Lisa Fogarty
Susan Freeman
Susan Gandy
Ballina Gee
Sue Giorgiutti
Kathy Gollan
Lyudmyla Goncharova
Dawn Grayce
Kathryn Green
Dallas Griffin
Rachel Harris
Sheila Hayward
Emesini Hazelden
Berit Hurst
Alison Julian
Prue Kennard
Valerie Kingsley-Strack
Shinta Kirpalani
Davina Knox
Adelaide Koo
Andra Krumins
Margaret Lackenby
Susan Landreth
Stephanie Lang
Hannah Leach
Bettina Leate
Judy Lee
Susan Lee
Avril Llewellyn
Charlotte Lyons
Julianne Madden
Jennifer Manning
Norma McDonald
Jocelyn McFarlane
Angela Melick
Georgina Melick
Jane Mezzina
Elizabeth Millar
Maggie Miller
Elizabeth Moore
Suzi Morgan
Mary Mortimer
Gillian Moynihan
Helen Murray
Joy Nason
Mary O’Byrne
Elizabeth O’Connor
Robyn O’Keefe
Lynne Parrott
Janice Peak
Fiona Peare
Robyn Phillips
Therese Pinson
Robin Pollock
Laurel Reynolds
Evawaty Riley
Jeanne Robertson
Sylvia Romanik
Coralee Rose
Patricia Row
Monique Rueger
Helen Sharp
Rayner Soothill
Wendy Speight
Rosalie Stacey
Vivienne Strong
Lesley Suggett
Margaret Symes
Maralyn Tannous
Susan Thomas
Clare Tilbury
Margaret Titterton
Tanya Walker
Margaret Ward-Harvey
Catherine Wargent
Kathryn Warren
Susie Woodhouse
Angeline Zaghloul
Lisa Zang
ALTOS
Louise Bain
Sally-Ann Barbera
Susan Barrett
Gillian Behrens
Britta Berger-Meehan
Diane Bertelsmeier
Jackie Blackledge
Robyn Blainey
Liz Blyth
Pam Bray
Jane Brodribb
Diana Burrell
Jacqueline Buswell
Sophie Caldwell
Anna Cartwright
Judy Christian
Tina Claridge
Ruth Cleary
Stefanie Collett
Jennifer Cook
Kate Crook
Fran Cunneen
June Cunningham
Patricia Curotta
Virginia Davies
Helen Dignan
Elizabeth Donati
Catherine Dunn
Judy Dunstan
Gail Edinborough
Marianna Elliott
Katelyn Ewart
Sue-Ellen Fairall
Ilona Ferguson
Sharon Finn
Margaret Fisher
Angela Foster
Jeanette Freeman
Marie Gilbert
Robyn Gilbert
Susan Gordon
Diana Gray
Sonja Grgurevic
Trudy Grice
Andrea Haas
Lesley Halamek
Cynthia Haskell
OPERA’S TRIPLE THREAT
9
Susan Hatherly
Patricia Haynes
Anne Heritage
Katie Hislop
Marijke Hol
Alison Horan
Adele Hudson
Michaela Ikin
Louise Imray
Elaine Jackson
Diana Jefferies
Joan Jones
Fiona Joneshart
Beverley Jordan
Julie Kalitis
Sally Kennedy
Tamsin Khan
Ana Kharoufeh
Saya Koike
Isabella Laing
Veronica Lambert
Gillian Lamberti
Peita Laufer
son
Kate Lawson
Coute
teeurr
Penny Le Couteur
nelope Lee
Penelope
Heather Lees-Smith
Leees-S
-Smi
Smithh
Edda
Ed
da Lewis
Lew
ewis
iss
Sara
Sa
ra Lewis
Lewis
CCarmel
Ca
armel Losew
Doreen Macfarlane
Rosemary Madden
Judithh Marquardt
Valerie Marteau
Susan McCarthy
Gwenneth McLaughlin
Ruth Mitchell
Saidhbhin Mulchrone
Gabriele Munro
Anne Nguyen
Louise Nicholas
Kathleen Oakley
Catherine O’Grady
Tiffany O’Neill
Fiona Ormsby
Roisin Pengelly
Joanne Perry
Susan Ping Kee
Mary-Ann Pontifex
arilyn Ramage
Ra
Marilyn
Penelope Rodger
Rodge
Felicity Saunders
Marlyn Sciberras
Sandra Scott
Sandra Simpson
Daphne Sivasubramaniam
Sivasub
ubbraamani
niiam
Debora
ah Smith
Sm h
Deborah
Naseem
Na
emaa Sparks
em
Sparks
Naseema
Ru Still
Ruth
Carmel Summers
Susan Tooker
Sheila van Holst
H
Kay Vernon
Vern
Kylie Watt
Je
Jeanette Webb
Barbara Weissflog
Anne Wilcox
cox
Christina Wilcox
Alyson Wills
Polly Wiltshire
ki
Theresa Wisniewski
Susan Wittenoom
Louisa Wright
Susan Wright
Roswitha Wulff
Yoshika Yamanaka
Anna Young
TENORS
Mark Ashdown
Andrew Birt
James Blomfield
Stephen Burke
Daniel Comarmond
Jenny Edwards
Kate Foot
Cecil Grivas
Bro
Bronwyn Harvey
AAlistair Johnston
Ayse Kiran
John O’Brien
Tim O’Reilly
Christinne Patton
Eric Portenga
Ken Ryan
Barbara Sinclair
Clive Sinclair-Smith
Rhonda Stapleton
Margaretha Wienekamp
BASSES
Eli Bailey
ey
Jo
ohn Baird
Bai
a rd
John
St
tua
uart Burrell
Bur
urrell
ur
Stuart
M
My
ronn Byrne
ro
B rne
By
Myron
Ericc Chai
Cha
hai
Philip Chambers
Cha
hamb
ha
mbber
ers
Stefan Couani
Couan
anni
Donald Denoon
Leo Dent
Gregory Don
Bill Dowsley
Jim Gidlow
Warren Gough
aul Goyen
Paul
John Hardy
David Hazelden
John Hyde
Ian Jurd
Graham Lee
Brian Levitan
David McDonald
Frank Monagle
Robert Osmond
Alister Robinson
Andrew Rodger
David Ross
Russell Stapleton
Warren Stoyles
Justin Thomson
Michael Walpole
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs would like to give special thanks to The Arts Unit, NSW Department of
Education and Communities.
Louise Barkl Leader, Arts Unit and Initiatives, The Arts Unit
Stephen Williams Student Music Programs Officer 5 – 12, Conducting Coordinator, The Arts Unit
Elizabeth Scott Music Performance Programs Officer, The Arts Unit
Scott Ryan Music Support Officer (5 – 12), The Arts Unit
10 OPERA’S TRIPLE THREAT
SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Concertmaster Fiona Ziegler
VIOLIN 1
Fiona Ziegler*
Matthew Bruce
Heather Burnley
Maria Lindsay
Martyn Hentschel
Narine Melconian
Jonathan Hendl
Skye McIntosh
Heloise Meisel
Julia Broom
VIOLIN 2
Michele O’Young*
Myee Clohessy
Joanne Waples
Dominique Gallery
Dominique Guerbois
Esmeralda Tintner
Dan Russell
Dave Curro
VIOLA
Valmai Coggins*
Jacqui Cronin
Georgina Price
Stefan Duwe
Marianne Yeomans
Tara Hashambhoy
Faith Austin
OBOE
CELLO
CLARINET
Angus Lindsay*
Matthew Bubb
Alex Fontaine* Cor Anglais
Jo Costantino*
Christopher LockhartSmith
Oliver Miller
Daniel Morris
Bronwen Whyatt
DOUBLE BASS
Helen Cosgrove*
Jennifer Druery
Mardi Chillingworth
Oliver Simpson
Richard Rourke*
Craig Driscoll
John Lewis* Bass Clarinet
BASSOON
Tony Grimm*
Ben Hoadley
Gillian Smith*
Contrabassoon
HORN
FLUTE
James Fortune*
Sarah Broughton
Lamorna Nightingale*
Piccolo
James McCrow*
Julia Zeltzer
Katy Grisdale*
Nicole Dixon
TRUMPET
Colin Grisdale*
Justin Lingard
Melanie McLoughlin
Sam Thompson†
Holly Luke-Paddon†
Victor Rosse†
Alfie Carslake†
Panayioti Karamanos†
Emma Gibson†
TROMBONE
Nigel Crocker*
Roslyn Jorgensen
Brett Page* Bass Trombone
TUBA
Matthew Walmsley*
TIMPANI
Richard Gleeson*
PERCUSSION
Chiron Meller*
Joshua Hill
Kevin Man
* Principal
† Courtesy of The Arts Unit
Get Involved!
The Arts Unit - Leaders in Arts Education
Delivering a suite of programs in dance, drama, music, visual arts,
debating, public speaking, reading, spelling and special events to the
students and teachers of NSW government schools.
creating learning experiences which complement and extend
local school and regional programs
building capacity to deliver arts education through targeted
professional learning
providing high pro¿le public performance, exhibition and
competition opportunities.
dance
speaking
g
ensembles
exhibitions
camps &
workshops
festivals & events
professional learning
ual arts
music visdrama
eve nt s
Sign up to our e-newsletter to stay updated or follow us on Facebook
For more information telephone 02 8512 1100 or visit
www.artsunit.nsw.edu.au
OPERA’S TRIPLE THREAT
11
SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA
CHOIRS – WHO WE ARE
General Manager Atul Joshi
Music Director Brett Weymark
Music Director: VOX Elizabeth Scott
Assistant Chorus Master Anthony Pasquill
Operations Manager Jenna Mathie
Choirs Manager Mark Robinson
Development Manager Lisa Parragi
Administration Assistant Thomas Chiu
Accounts Darela Kurtovic
PATRONS & BOARD
VICE-REGAL PATRON
Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO
Governor of NSW
VICE PATRONS
Lauris Elms AM OBE Hon D. Mus (Syd)
Sir David Willcocks CBE MC
BOARD
Sara Watts (Chairman)
Jacqui Wilkins (President) | Vesna Hatezic (Vice-President)
Andrea Hoole (Treasurer)
Simon Boileau, Ruth Edenborough, Laura Keller, Hannah
Mason, Shane Perdue, Ruth Wetmore
SUPPORTED BY
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs gratefully acknowledges
financial assistance and support from:
The Commonwealth Government through the
Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
The NSW Government throungh the
Department of Trade & Investment Arts NSW
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs also thanks the following for
their generous co-operation and assistance:
SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA LTD.
Pier 4 Hickson Road, Millers Point NSW 2000
Phone (02) 9251 2024 Fax (02) 9251 2117
www.sydneyphilharmonia.com.au
12 OPERA’S TRIPLE THREAT
SUPPORT
SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA
CHOIRS
KEEP US SINGING!
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs has championed the
exhilarating power of the human voice in Australia
for almost 100 years. This makes us Australia’s
oldest performing arts organisation and one of the
oldest community participation groups. Over that
time, we have impacted on and empowered tens of
thousands of Australians through the communal
activity of singing together and have kept a strong
choral tradition alive for new generations.
We are looking towards our 100th anniversary in
2020, and need your support to enable us to really
celebrate our centenary through an expanded
range of activities, commissions, and performances
which are beyond our usual scale and scope.
To realise this vision, and to ensure that our
traditions exist for the next hundred years, we
need your help in assisting young people to be the
singers, composers, conductors and audiences
of tomorrow.
Don’t hesitate to contact us directly for further
information or to discuss your interest in
supporting the work that we do now or in the future.
Your donation to Sydney Philharmonia Choirs will
help guarantee that great choral music remains
at the heart of cultural life in Sydney and
Australia.
Contact Lisa Parragi
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
Pier 4 Hickson Road
MILLERS POINT NSW 2000
Phone: 02 9251 2024
Email: [email protected]
www.sydneyphilharmonia.com.au
OPERA’S TRIPLE THREAT
13
DONORS
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs warmly thanks all our generous donors and supporters. Your
contributions ensure that we are able to continue developing the choral tradition in Australia.
Donations $2 and above to Sydney Philharmonia Limited are tax deductible and donations of
$100 and above are listed in our programmes and on our website
$10,000+
Mr Robert Albert
Estate of the Late Ruth
Jurd
Ms Sara Watts
Anonymous x 3
$5000 – $9999
Ars Musica Australis
Mrs Christine Bishop
Mr J.D.O. Burns
Mr Michael Crouch
Ms Ruth Edenborough
Foster Raffan Pty Ltd
Mr Cecil Grivas
Mr John Lamble
Anonymous x 2
$2500 – $4999
Mr Simon Boileau
Mr Eric Hansen
$1000 – $2499
Mr Michael Ahrens
Mr David & Mrs Halina
Brett
Prof. Edmund Campion
Mr Robert Clark
Ms Jennifer Cook
Mr James P. Cox
Mr Philip Crenigan
Mrs E. Donati
The Macquarie Group
Foundation
Mr Warren Green
Ms Vesna Hatezic
Mr David Jacobs
Ms Despina Kallinikos
Mrs W.G. Keighley
Mrs Christine Kenworthy
Ms Penny Le Couteur
Mary Mortimer and Donald
Denoon
The Hon. Barry &
Mrs Janette O’Keefe
Ms Lindsay Paget-Cooke
Ms Beverley Price
Dimdima Wines Pty Ltd
14 OPERA’S TRIPLE THREAT
Patricia H Reid Endowment
Pty Ltd.
Ms Jacqueline Rowlands
Rayner Soothill
Hon. Justice Anthony
Whealy
Mr Anthony Whelan
Anonymous x 3
$500 – $999
Mrs Sue Bowring
P.J. Bradley
M.J. Brodribb & C. Draper
Peter Callaghan & Kerrie
Nesbitt
Colleen & Michael
Chesterman
Julian Coghlan & Andrea
Beattie
Brian & Nathalie Deeson
Jenny & Denys Gillespie
Mr Robert Green
Mrs Audrey Harry
Ms Andrea Hoole
Dr Veronica Lambert
Anthony Maiden
Mr Ken Martin
Mrs Jane Mezzina
Ms Marsha Milliken
Ms Coralee Rose
Mr Mark Sheldon
Dr Agnes Sinclair
Ms Naseema Spariss
Judge Robyn Tupman
Ms Kay Vernon
Ms Louisa Wright
Anonymous x 5
$100 – $499
Mr David Allen
Dr Francis Augustus
Ms Oon Ja Bae
Dr Duncan Bassett
Jane Beeby
Mr Brian Beech
Dr Richard M. Bibby
Mrs Anne Birt
Mr Andrew Birt
Georgina Bitcon
Ms Rhonda Black
Mrs Norma Blackwood
Mrs Ruth Blunt
Ninette Boothroyd
Ms Lea Bouganim
Ms Kate Bowen-Jones
Ms Elizabeth Bradhurst
Mrs Pamela Bray
Mrs Ursula Burgoyne
Canberra Choral Society
Miss Margaret Coleman
Mrs Mavis Cooney
Mr Paul Couvret
Fran Cunneen
Mr Charles Curran AC &
Mrs Eva Curran
Mrs Rosa Dai
Mr Ian Davies
Mr Colin Draper
Dr Janet Duggin
Mrs Gail Edinborough
Mrs Liz Efinger
Ms Elizabeth Evatt
Dr Beverley Firth
Mrs Kate Foot
Ms Eleonore Fuchter
Ms Susan Gordon
Mrs Dawn Grayce
Ms Dallas Griffin
Alison & David Gyger
Mrs Kathleen P. Hamilton
Ms Deborah Henville
Ms Sally Hopkins
Mrs Patricia Howes
Mrs Patience Huntwork
Mr Alistair Johnston
John & Joan Jones
Mrs Merle Jones
Keola Pty Ltd
Ms Stephanie Lang
Avril Llewellyn
Dr Carolyn Lowry OAM
Mrs Rosalie Lund-Conlon
Mrs Elizabeth Mackinnon
Ms Louise Marsden
Mr Paul Marx
Ms Soline Marzac
Ms Susan
Mrs Norma McDonald
Mr Lauchlan McIntosh
Ms Alison McIntyre
Mr Duncan McKay
Ms Susan Melick
Mr Jeffrey Mellefont
Dimitry Moraitis
Morestone Management
Solutions
Mrs Patricia O’Dea
Robyn O’Keefe
Mr Terence O’Neill
Mr Paul Ovnerud-Potter
Ms Joanne Perry
Ms Dianne Peters
Ms Susan Ping Kee
Mr Chris Raper
Mrs Jenny Raper
Mrs Ruth Redgrave
Ms Georgia Rivers
Mrs Jeanne Robertson
Mr Michael Ryan
Ms Sandra Scott
Dr William E. Smith
Fiona Spence
Mrs Lesley Suggett
Mrs Margaret Symes
Mrs Maralyn Tannous
Ms Helen Thompson
Mr & Mrs Larry Turner
Mr Peter Warren
Ms Barbara Weissflog
Ms Jacqui Wilkins
Ms Susan Wittenoom
Mr Alban Wong-Too-Tuen
Mr Doug Wood
Ms Jocelyn Woodhouse
Anonymous x 26
For further information about how you can support Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, please contact
Lisa Parragi, Development Manager on 9251 2024 or [email protected]
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
Bennelong Point
GPO Box 4274, Sydney NSW 2001
Administration (02) 9250 7111
Box Office (02) 9250 7777
Facsimile (02) 9250 7666
Website www.sydneyoperahouse.com
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE Mr Kim Williams AM [Chair]
TRUST Ms Catherine Brenner
The Hon Helen Coonan
Mr Wesley Enoch
Ms Renata Kaldor AO
Mr Robert Leece AM RFD
Mr Peter Mason AM
Dr Thomas Parry AM
Mr Leo Schofield AM
Mr John Symond AM
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Louise Herron AM
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER SOH PRESENTS Jonathan Bielski
DIRECTOR, THEATRE & EVENTS David Claringbold
DIRECTOR, MARKETING, COMMUNICATION & DIRECTOR, CUSTOMER SERVICES
Victoria Doidge
DIRECTOR, BUILDING DEVELOPMENT & MAINTENANCE Greg McTaggart
DIRECTOR, VENUE PARTNERS & SAFETY Julia Pucci
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Claire Spencer
This is a PLAYBILL / SHOWBILL publication.
Playbill Proprietary Limited / Showbill Proprietary Limited
ACN 003 311 064 ABN 27 003 311 064
This publication is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated without
the publisher’s consent in writing. It is a further condition that this publication shall not be circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that
in which it was published.
Head Office: Suite A, Level 1, Building 16, Fox Studios Australia,
Park Road North, Moore Park NSW 2021
PO Box 410, Paddington NSW 2021
Telephone: +61 2 9921 5353
Fax: +61 2 9449 6053
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.playbill.com.au
Executive Chairman Brian Nebenzahl OAM, RFD
Managing Director Michael Nebenzahl
Editorial Director Jocelyn Nebenzahl
Manager—Production & Graphic Design Debbie Clarke
Manager—Production—Classical Music Alan Ziegler
OPERATING IN SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, CANBERRA, BRISBANE, ADELAIDE, PERTH, HOBART & DARWIN
OVERSEAS OPERATIONS:
New Zealand: Wellington: Playbill (NZ) Limited, Level 1, 100 Tory Street, Wellington, New Zealand 6011; (64 4) 385 8893; Fax (64 4) 385 8899. Auckland: Mt. Smart Stadium, Beasley Avenue, Penrose, Auckland; (64 9) 571 1607; Fax (64 9) 571 1608;
Mobile 6421 741 148; Email: [email protected] UK: Playbill UK Limited, C/– Everett Baldwin Barclay Consultancy Services, 35 Paul Street, London EC2A 4UQ; (44) 207 628 0857; Fax (44) 207 628 7253. Hong Kong: Playbill (HK) Limited, C/– Fanny
Lai, Rm 804, 8/F Eastern Commercial Centre, 397 Hennessey Road, Wanchai HK 168001 WCH 38; (852) 2891 6799; Fax (852) 2891 1618. Malaysia: Playbill Malaysia Sdn Bhn, C/– Peter I.M. Chieng & Co., No.2–E (1st Floor) Jalan SS 22/25, Damansara
Jaya, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan; (60 3) 7728 5889; Fax (60 3) 7729 5998. Singapore: Playbill (HK) Limited, C/– HLB Loke Lum Consultants Pte Ltd, 110 Middle Road #05–00 Chiat Hong Building, Singapore 188968; (65) 6332 0088;
Fax (65) 6333 9690. South Africa: Playbill South Africa Pty Ltd, C/– HLB Barnett Chown Inc., Bradford House, 12 Bradford Road, Bedfordview, SA 2007; (27) 11856 5300; Fax (27) 11856 5333.
All enquiries for advertising space in this publication should be directed to the above company and address. Entire concept copyright. Reproduction without permission in whole or in part of any material contained herein
is prohibited. Title ‘Playbill’ is the registered title of Playbill Proprietary Limited. Title ‘Showbill’ is the registered title of Showbill Proprietary Limited. Additional copies of this publication are available by post from the
publisher; please write for details.
SPC-133 — 17081 — 1/080613
OPERA’S TRIPLE THREAT
15
SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA CHOIRS 2013 SEASON
VOICES
IN MOTION
LUMINOUS NIGHT – AUG 3 & 4
Beautiful choral music inspired by night, sleep and dreams
with our youth choir VOX
ARCHITECTURE OF SOUND – AUG 24 & 25
Baroque & new music with saxophonist Michael Duke
A COLE PORTER CELEBRATION CONCERT – SEP 19, 21
Just one word: de-lovely!
TRACING TIME – OCT 25, 26, 27
Vocal transformations with Paul Capsis, Genevieve Lacey,
Kirsty McCahon and Marshall McGuire
MESSIAH – DEC 12, 14, 15
The return of Handel’s masterpiece with Miriam Allan,
Sally-Anne Russell, Andrew Goodwin and Peter Coleman-Wright
GET MORE INFO AND BOOK AT
WWW.SYDNEYPHILHARMONIA.COM.AU
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs is supported by
the NSW Government through Arts NSW and the
Australian Government through the Australia
Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA CHOIRS PIER 4, HICKSON ROAD, MILLERS POINT NSW 2000
T (02) 9251 2024 F (02) 9251 2117 W WWW.SYDNEYPHILHARMONIA.COM.AU
E-NEWS ‘VOICEMAIL’ SIGN UP TO RECEIVE OUR QUARTERLY E-NEWSLETTER SYDNEYPHILHARMONIA.COM.AU
Photo: Lisa Tomasetti