Jessica Dean and Anthony Hunt

Paradise Moscow - Royal Academy of Music, Sir Jack Lyons Theatre

7, 9, 12, 13 March 2008

Royal Academy Opera presents Shostakovich’s rarely performed “operetta” Cheryomushki - Cherry Town, or Paradise Moscow.

La Calisto - Royal Academy of Music, Sir Jack Lyons Theatre

1st and 2nd of May

Royal Academy Opera presents “La Calisto” by Cavalli, directed by John Ramster, with the Royal Academy of Music Baroque Orchestra under Anthony Legge. Featuring Jessica Dean as Calisto.

Past Performances

Royal Academy Opera Scenes - Royal Academy of Music, Sir Jack Lyons Theatre

24, 25 January 2008, 6.00pm

Academy Opera students present scenes from L’enfant et les Sortileges, Eugene Onegin, Radamisto, Iphigenie en Tauride, Parsifal, Gianni Schicchi, Faust, Don Pasquale and The Rake’s Progress. Conducted by Anthony Hunt and Stephen Wood.

Le Nozze di Figaro - Royal Academy of Music, Sir Jack Lyon’s Theatre

12, 14, 16, 19 November, 2007, 7.00pm

Mozart’s opera “The Marriage of Figaro”, conducted by Sir Colin Davis, in a production directed by John Copley. Including Jessica Dean as Barbarina!

Fundraising Recital - St Peter’s Cathedral

Thursday, 30th August, 7.30pm

Our final recital before we head off overseas! Come and enjoy some excellent Arias, Songs, organ and piano music, and support us in our overseas study!

Tickets at the door, Adults $25/ Concession $15

Handel and Purcell - Elder Hall

Friday, 17th August, 1:10pm

As part of the Elder Hall Friday Lunch Hour Series, Anthony Hunt presents a concert of Handel and Purcell Cantatas, featuring soprano Jessica Dean, tenor Robert MacFarlane, and bass Keith Hempton.

Directed from the harpsichord, with the University’s own Skyline String Quartet, the concert will feature Purcell’s unusual and brilliant cantata for soprano, tenor, bass and continuo, Saul and the Witch at Endor, plus the Handel cantatas “Look down, harmonious Saint” performed by Robert and “Crudel tiranno Amor” performed by Jessica.

Tickets $6 at the door, available from 12:30 on the day. More info HERE.

The Carmelite Vespers - Adelaide Chamber Singers - Elder Hall

Friday, 3rd August, 8pm

The Adelaide Chamber Singers and guest conductor, Graham Abbott (Australia’s foremost Handel specialist) present a stunning concert of Handel’s Carmelite Vespers. These rarely performed works were composed by the 22 year-old Handel to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Carmel - the music is brilliant and virtuosic, and includes two major soprano solo works: the Saeviat Tellus and the Salve Regina, which will both be sung by Jessica Dean as a guest artist with the Chamber Singers. (Anthony is playing organ continuo in the orchestra for this one).

Tickets are $30/$24, (plus booking fee) and available at BASS.

The Elixir of Love - Adelaide Festival Theatre

July 28, 31, August 2, 4, 7.30pm

State Opera of South Australia present “L’elisir d’amore” - “The Elixir of Love” by Gaetano Donizetti.

The Elixir of Love is comic opera at its sparkling best. It’s flirtatious, it’s boisterous and it’s all heart, down to Nemorino’s melting aria ‘Una furtiva lagrima’ ; State Opera brings you Simon Phillips’ brilliant production - set on a sheep station in outback Australia!

Anthony is the repetiteur and continuo player for this production, and Jessica will be singing in the chorus. The excellent cast is led by New Zealand soprano Katherine Wiles as Adina, and Aldo di Toro as Nemorino. Also featuring Conal Coad, Jason Barry-Smith, and the wonderful Adelaide-born singer Samantha Rubenhold pops back from Germany to sing Gianetta. The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Benjamin Northey, a former winner of the Symphony Australia Young Conductor of the Year.

Tickets available from BASS

Brahms Piano Trio - Cynthia Poulton Hall, St Peter’s Cathedral

Saturday June 30th, 7.30pm

The Accompanists’ Guild of South Australia presents the winners recital for the 2006 Geoffrey Parsons Award, recognising outstanding accompanists.

The 2006 winner, Anthony Hunt, will perform with Imants Larsens (violin/viola) and Gemma Phillips (Cello) in a program of Brahms’ glorious first Piano Trio Opus 8 in B Major, and the famous and charming Arpeggione Sonata by Schubert.

Tickets at the door, $10/$5, guild members free.

The Impresario / A Boy called Wolfie - The Opera Studio

June 16th, 23rd at 8:00pm; 17th, 24th at 3:00pm

Patrick Lim and Anthony Hunt whisk you to the Casino Salzburg, Las Vegas, where showgirls Jessica Dean and Eleanor Blythman are duelling for the top spot - they both want their name in neon lights, and it is up to The Impresario to placate their demands before one of them walks!

Don’t miss this new and entertaining production of one of Mozart’s most charming miniature operas - presented at the State Opera Studio, 216 Marion Road Netley, the home of many of Patrick and Anthony’s finest productions.

In double bill with The Impresario is “A Boy called Wolfie” - a charming piece of children’s theatre by local composer Glyn Lehmann, which uses the music of Mozart to tell the story of the young Wolfgang, performed by a group of talented children from Adelaide schools.

Tickets $33.30 / $28.30 - available through BASS or at the door. Cabaret table seating available - drinks available at the bar!

Innocence - St Peter’s Cathedral

Saturday June 9th, 6:30pm

Innocence - An Australian Premiere of a major choral work by Sir John Tavener.
Presented by the Elder Conservatorium Chorale, as a part of the Elder Conservatorium Evening Concert Series and the Cathedral Series.
Featuring Soprano soloist Greta Bradman, organist Anthony Hunt, cellist Louise Mackay, and Tenor Robert MacFarlane, conducted by Carl Crossin.
Innocence - Sir John Tavener - for chorus, organ, soprano, cello, and bells.
Lux Aeterna - Morten Lauridsen - for chorus and organ
Miserere mei, Deus - Gregorio Allegri

Tickets available through BASS.

Little Women

19, 22, 24, 26, 29, 31 May, 2nd June, 7.30pm

Little Women - an Opera with music and libretto by Mark Adamo. Presented by the State Opera of South Australia, and the State Theatre Company of South Australia, directed by Adam Cook

Starring Pelham Andrews, Kylie Bailey, Eleanor Blythman, Elizabeth Campbell, Jessica Dean, Timothy DuFore, James Egglestone, Sally-Anne Russell, Sarah Sweeting, David Thelander and Andrew Turner, with the Adelaide Art Orchestra, conducted by Timothy Sexton.

Tickets available through BASS.

“Bach-o-rama!” - Adelaide Town Hall

Sunday April 1st, 3pm

Anthony Hunt presents “Bach-o-rama!” - a celebration of the organ music of J. S. Bach, with a light-hearted tone for April the 1st! With works by Bach, works almost-by-Bach, and works most-definitely-stolen-from-Bach!

This concert is presented as part of the Adelaide Town Hall’s Organ Recitals Series. Admission is free. Presented by the Adelaide City Council, in association with the Organ Music Society of South Australia Inc.

Each year, the Council and the OMS present a brilliant program of visiting national and international artists, presenting first-class programs on the Town Hall’s wonderful pipe-organ. These free concerts are one of the hidden gems of Adelaide’s arts scene, and well worth making the effort to attend, on selected Mondays and Wednesdays throughout the year.

Master Class - The Forge

Friday March 30th, 7:30pm

Independent Theatre presents a play-reading* of this very special play by Terrence McNally, where singing students and the audience are educated by Maria Callas on more than just singing….

Starring: Kathryn Fisher as Maria Callas; Jessica Dean and Johanna Allen as the students; Shedrick Yarkpie as the stagehand; and Anthony Hunt as Manny the pianist. Directed by Rob Croser.

One night only: At “The Forge” - Marryatville High School’s Performing Arts Centre.
Tickets $20 including supper: MUST call (08) 8411 6661 to book!
*A play-reading is a semi-staged but improvised reading of a play, scripts in hand - a fascinating insight into the beginnings of a rehearsal process.

Robert MacFarlane - Pilgrim Church

Wednesday March 14th, 1:10pm

It’s always a pleasure to perform with friends, so it’s a great pleasure to be doing a recital with young tenor Robert MacFarlane. Another concert in the Recitals Australia Lunch Hour Concert Series, Robert and Anthony will be performing songs by Faure, Beethoven, and more from Handel and Bellini.

Tickets are at the door, $5/$3, or free if you are an ASKM member.

Lunch Hour Recital - Pilgrim Church

Wednesday March 7th, 1:10pm

Jessica and Anthony have been asked to step in and perform in the first Lunch Hour Series concerts of 2007 for Recitals Australia. Every Wednesday, two concerts are usually given in Pilgrim Church, at 12:10 and 1:10pm, by young musicians from around around Adelaide. While the series is promoted by the Australian Society for Keyboard Music, it is not just piano music on display here.

Having given many recitals for Recitals Australia before, Jessica and Anthony were happy to help out when learning that someone was unable to perform that day - it gives us the chance to try out a bit of new repertoire! To include arias by Mozart and Verdi, and songs by Respighi and Messiaen.

Tickets are at the door, $5/$3, or free if you are an ASKM member.

Organ Recital - St Peter’s Cathedral

Sunday March 4th, 3pm

As part of the St Peter’s Cathedral Series of concerts for 2007, Anthony will be presenting an Organ Recital in the Cathedral. Featuring music by French and English composers well suited to the magnificent instrument and acoustic, including works by Langlais to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth (Feb 1907), and Widor’s sizzling 6th Symphony. (Everybody knows the famous final Toccata from Widor’s 5th Symphony - well, the 6th is even better:)

Tickets $20/$15, available at the door. Drinks will be available at interval.

The Merry Widow - Highlights (Co*Opera)

Friday 2nd March (Robe), Monday 5th (Feathers Hotel), Tuesday 6th (Old Queen’s Arms)

Co*Opera are presenting a performances of staged highlights from Franz Lehar’s bubbling operetta The Merry Widow, featuring Jill Chatterton, David Perry, Ernst Ens, Jessica Dean (as Valencienne), and Robert MacFarlane. Promises to be a fun night out!

The performance venue in Robe is TBA, whilst the two performances in Adelaide are hosted by the Friends of Co*Opera. If you are interested in attending, please contact Co*Opera for details about tickets and performance times.