Pinchgut Opera presents Coffee and a Dead Canary
Highlights
- Experience captivating Baroque music with Handel's Messiah during the festive season at 2 Angel Place, Sydney.
- Delight in Bach's Coffee Cantata, a witty snapshot of 18th-century life, showcasing the charm of everyday struggles.
- Immerse yourself in Telemann's heartfelt Canary Cantata, a touching tribute that resonates with emotional depth.
- Enjoy Warwick Doddrell's directorial debut, bringing vibrant and inventive performances that celebrate the human experience.
Distilled and delightful, tiny opera at its best.
A captivating selection of cantatas – in essence, tiny operas-by Bach and Telemann, revealing the theatrical spark of the two Baroque masters.
Bach’s Coffee Cantata is a witty musical snapshot of 1 8th-century life, in a playful tug-of-war between a coffee-loving daughter and her disapproving father. In contrast, Telemann’s Canary Cantata offers a heartfelt tribute following the death of a beloved pet.
Director Warwick Doddrell makes his Pinchgut debut to animate these cantatas that celebrate the character, colour and emotional nuance of the everyday, reminder that short stories carry surprising depth. Vibrant, inventive, and utterly human, this is distilled and delightful tiny opera at its best.
This continuation of their Bach and Telemann series revealing their more playful, human side, in music brimming with colour and character.
Program
Nicolas Bernier Le CaJje “Coffee” (from volume 3 of Cantates française)
Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin Flute Concerto in E minor
Georg Phillip Telemann
Trauer-Musik eines Kunsterfahrenen Canarienvogels
“Funeral Music for an artistically skilled Canary” (TWV 20:37)
Johann Sebastian Bach Kaffeekantate “Coffee cantata” (BWV 211)
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