Stopera
| Concerts |
The company develops and presents chamber concert performances featuring the skills of a talented ensemble of Australian artists, that includes instrumental and vocal musicians, conductors, dancers, actors. Nine specially devised programs have been commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia to complement major exhibitions, including several sold-out concerts of French music for the Monet, Rodin and Bonnard exhibitions. |
| Current SUNDAY 5 JUNE 3PM | TUTTO ITALIANO! A concert of Italian opera & song, featuring exciting young tenor LORENZO ROSITANO Celebrate all things Italian in this concert of opera and popular song performed by artists from Stopera. Passion, drama, revenge, romance - Italian opera has it all! more> SUNDAY 27 NOVEMER 3PM | MOZART MAGIC! A concert devoted to the beautiful music of the world’s most famous composer. In a program designed by Stopera’s artistic director Vivienne Winther, Stopera singers perform favourite arias, duets and ensembles from some of the greatest operas ever written: The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, and Così fan tutte. A wonderful celebration of the magic of Mozart’s music. more> |
SATURDAY 10 APRIL | 8PM | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA Featuring special guest artist Canberra-born tenor Christopher Steele, fresh from acclaimed performances across the UK and Europe. more> photos> SUNDAY 21 MARCH | 2PM | FOUR SEASONS OF STOPERA: AUTUMN IN PARIS the first in a series of Stopera concerts inspired by the changing seasons. This concert is romantic, nostalgic, sophisticated …and fun! more> photos>
13 SEPTEMBER 2009 | 2PM | GYPSY PASSION An exciting program of Gypsy melodies from the concert repertoire for voice and violin, and piano with excerpts from favourite operas and operettas. more> 9 AUGUST 2009 | 2PM | TARANTARA AND OOH LA LA! A delightful evening of witty and whimsical operetta, with music by Gilbert & Sullivan, Offenbach and Viennese masters, performed by artists from Stopera, the ACT’s award-winning opera company. more> 30 MAY 2009 | VOCI ITALIANE Celebrate Italy’s national day with a concert of Italian music for the voice. Featuring Soprano Rebecca Collins, Pianist Vivienne Winther and introducing an outstanding new opera talent - Tenor Lorenzo Rositano. 7PM Italian Cultural Centre, Franklin St, Forrest more>
8 MARCH 2008 | 8.15PM | TARANTARA AND OOH LA LA! A delightful evening of witty and whimsical operetta, with music by Gilbert & Sullivan, Offenbach and Viennese masters, performed by artists from Stopera, the ACT’s award-winning opera company. more> 17 FEBRUARY 2008 | OPERA BY THE LAKE! A star-studded concert of opera’s greatest hits, in the unique setting of Rond Terrace on the edge of Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin. more> 2 FEBRUARY 2008 | AN EVENING OF SONG! With tenor Marco Cinque and Stopera artists soprano Rebecca Collins and pianist Vivienne Winther.
At the Italian Cultural Centre in Canberra, more> |
2007 13 OCTOBER 2007 | 8.15PM | GYPSY PASSION An exciting program of Gypsy melodies from the concert repertoire for voice and violin, and piano with excerpts from favourite operas and operettas. more> 8 OCTOBER 2007 | 7.30PM | STOPERA IN SPRING An evening of music featuring operatic excerpts from Mozart and Rossini operas. Presented by ACT Friends of Opera. 18 FEBRUARY 2007 | OPERA BY THE LAKE! REVIEWS AND PHOTOS Star-studded concert of opera’s greatest hits, in the unique setting of Rond Terrace on the edge of Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin. more> 1 MAY 2006 : BEING BEAUTEOUS An exquisite concert of 20th century vocal chamber music. Featuring a work to celebrate the 80th birthday of Hans Werner Henze. 31 MARCH 2006 : BEAU SOIR A very special evening of French-inspired fine wine, food and song at the magnificent Glenn Murcutt-designed Lerida Estate winery. 12 FEBRUARY 2006 : MOZART MAGIC -A concert celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Arias, duets and ensembles from Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, and Così fan tutte. Presented for the 2006 Canberra National Multicultural Festival. 2005 1 MAY 2005: COFFEE CANTATA -A Stopera/Haydn Bande concert featuring Bach’s Coffee Cantata for the 2005 Canberra International Chamber Music Festival. 1 FEBRUARY 2005: TUTTO ITALIANO! This opera gala featured a cast of exciting young opera singers in a night of beautiful Italian opera. Passion, drama, revenge, comedy, romance: Italian opera has it all! The program includes favourite arias, duets and ensembles by Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, and Puccini from their greatest operas: La Bohème, Aida, The Barber of Seville, Rigoletto, Madame Butterfly, Norma, Don Pasquale and much more! |