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Pacific Opera

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Pacific Opera is an opera training company based in Sydney, Australia.

Founded in 2003 by Sylvie Renaud-Calmel and Christine Douglas, the first Artistic Director, the company has an annual Young Artist Program for emerging opera singers aged 18 to 35, which integrates coaching, rehearsals and stage craft with numerous public and private performance opportunities. Annual opera productions offer role practice to the young artists and employment for young industry professionals including designers, orchestral musicians, repetiteurs, conductors and directors.

Simon Kenway was artistic director from 2015 to 2019,[1] followed by co-directors Peter Coleman-Wright and Cheryl Barker.[2] Coleman-Wright introduced the staging of "pocket operas" in 2021, works reduced to about an hour and tailored to young singers.[3]

Productions

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References

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  1. ^ "Pacific Opera farewells artistic director Simon Kenway" by David Kary, Sydney Arts Guide, 18 December 2019
  2. ^ "Our creative team", Pacific Opera
  3. ^ "The Marriage of Figaro, pocket opera with WSO", Pacific Opera
  4. ^ "Michaela Lieske", Aust Global Entertainment
  5. ^ Eleanor Pearson (4 September 2015). "Foxy Role Lures Alexandra back to Oz". alltheatre.com.au. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
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