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The Rape of Lucretia

“Musically, and in terms of its visual design, the production is unequivocally strong. All eight soloists are well cast and sing very, very well.”

“… a cogently fresh look at a rich though problematic piece.”

“… there was excellence throughout the entire eight-person cast.”

Biographica

“Inventive, engaging, stimulating and moving, Biographica is an outstanding new opera. It deserves regular performances as well as a permanent place in the repertory.”

“A triumphant level of achievement is what Sydney has come to routinely expect from the SCO; this premiere of a much-anticipated work… shows they are now a significant national cultural asset.”

“a dark, vividly realised portrayal of a fascinatingly intelligent yet flawed character”

notes from underground

“A characteristically ravishing production”

“thoughtful, compelling music drama, powerfully staged and finely sung…deserves to be taken up at international level”

“A striking and impressive new operatic voice”

“a deeply compelling, finely composed, written, directed, designed and performed work”

Victory over the sun

“The best thing at the Biennale”

“brimming over with invention”

Passion

“A triumph for Sydney Chamber Opera… a company that has redefined operatic performance in Sydney and Australia”

“Sydney Chamber Opera has proven itself to be an essential company in Sydney’s arts landscape in its decade of operation, and Oscar and Lucinda is another feather in its cap.”

“Musical vignettes that flash and bend like rainbows… setting your heart to new rhythms… a harmonic chase of caramel tones and prayer, and, thankfully, twists of wit and fun”

O Mensch!

“a profound work…it exemplified that group’s ethos to perfection”

“utterly compelling”

“superbly integrated singing and acting”

an index of metals

“more than the sum of its parts and well worth the experience.”

“A thrilling and visionary work”

“This is audacious, arresting and original work of the sort we have come to expect from these artists even as they retain the capacity to surprise”

fly away peter

“An impressive achievement”

“An unqualified triumph”

“A work of beauty and meaning”

“Memorable…An intense, symbol-rich reflection”

“Masterful”

“A work of dramatic and musical integrity”

“Uncompromising vision”

“Intelligence, imagination, and fidelity to the work [makes] great theatre”

“A triumph for contemporary opera”

“Changing how we see opera”

mayakovsky

"Mayakovsky by Sydney Chamber Opera captures the manic anarchy of an unsustainable life"

“Another feather in the cap…of one of Australia’s most adventurous opera companies”

“Thrillingly theatrical”

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We acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation as the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and perform. We honour their elders both past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.