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[…] Young Artist Programme with Opera Queensland. Since then, Kate has performed throughout Europe and Australasia in opera houses including; Staatstheater Stuttgart (Blondchen – Die Entführung aus dem Serail); Graz Opera (Micaela – Carmen); Glyndebourne Touring Opera (Konstanze – Die Entführung aus dem Serail) Opera Australia, Sydney Opera House (Donna Anna – Don Giovanni; Vitellia – La Clemenza di Tito; Violetta – La Traviata; Desdemona – Otello) Other favourite roles include: Juliette Romeo et Juliette (SOSA, West Australian Opera) Nanetta Falstaff (Garsington Opera), Manon Manon (English Touring Opera), Violetta La Traviata (OA, SOSA, ETO, Macedonia Opera), Marzelline in Fidelio (Opera Northern Ireland), Opera New Zealand (Zerlina – Don Giovanni), Aida (SOSA). Kate has performed der Waldvogel, Woglinde , Freia, Helmwige and Third Norn in two Wagner Ring Cycles produced in Australia, conducted by Jeffrey Tate and later with Asher Fisch. As a regular performer with Opera Holland Park, London, Kate’s roles […]
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2014-10-30 10:36:04
Decline of the West: Carmen-ban opera house loses its artistic heads
West Australian Opera, which made headlines by banning Carmen on health grounds , is losing artistic director Joseph Colaneri and chorus master Joseph Nolan after the current Trovatore. Neither, it seems, was offered a new contract by the general manager Carolyn Chard, who said the board was ‘reviewing the structure of the company’ . That’s manager-speak for shrinking or shutting it down. Chard (pictured), a former banker and fashion designer, has stoutly defended her ban on Carmen, prompted by a sponsorship deal with the public health authority. Might be time for her to pick the next career.
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2014-10-08 09:17:11
Just in: State Opera cancels Carmen because ‘it promotes smoking’
Even in an age of political correctness and mind control, this ban takes the breath away. A planned production of Bizet’s Carmen at the State Opera of West Australia has been pulled by the management because it conflicts with a two-year $400,000 partnership with the State Government health promotion agency, Healthway. Carmen is set around a cigarette factory. Carolyn Chard, West Australian Opera general manager said the decision was “not difficult”. She added: ‘“We care about the health and wellbeing of our staff, stage performers and all the opera lovers throughout WA, which means promoting health messages and not portraying any activities that could be seen to promote unhealthy behaviour.” What next – a soft-drinks Meistersinger? Condoms in Lulu?
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