December

Castor & Pollux is perhaps Rameau’s finest creation. It’s a story based in mythology about the self-sacrificing love between two brothers. The music goes straight to the heart. With some of the most beautiful vocal and orchestral writing of the period, the opera was an instant hit when it was first presented. Now Australian audiences will hear this opera for this first time. This is the third French baroque work we have presented, having previously performed Rameau’s Dardanus (2005) and Charpentier’s David & Jonathan (2008).

Antony Walker will return from the US to conduct with American tenor Jeffrey Thompson (Castor), Hadleigh Adams (Pollux), Celeste Lazarenko (Télaïre), Margaret Plummer (Phébé) and Paul Goodwin-Groen (Jupiter) along with the welcome return of the Cantillation chorus and the Orchestra of the Antipodes.

Pinchgut presents Castor & Pollux in four performances:
6, 8, 9 & 10 December at City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney.
Sung in French with English surtitles.

Iwaki Auditorium

Southbank Boulevard, Southbank.

Latitude 37 explores baroque repertoire from East and West inspired by the Ottoman Empire with Matt Stonehouse on Middle Eastern Percussion live on Australia’s national classical music radio station, ABC Classic FM.