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Admin

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Bass

Andrew O'Connor

Polimante

Erasto

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Erin Helyard

Stage director

Dean Bryant

Set designer

Jeremy Allen

Costume designer

Melanie Liertz

Contralto

Nicholas Tamagna

Giustino

Soprano

Madeleine Pierard

Arianna

Mezzo-soprano

Jacob Lawrence

Anastasio

Lauren Lodge-Campbell

Eufemia

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Owen Willetts

Vitaliano

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Russell Harcourt

Andronico

Louis Hurley

Amantio

Chloe Lankshear

Venere

Fortuna

Pinchgut Opera

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Shannon Burns

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Damien Cooper

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Orchestra of the Antipodes

Il Giustino -  (Justin)

Sydney City

Australia

City Recital Hall

Il Giustino Legrenzi

Public

Justin

Approved

Pinchgut Opera | 2023 | Photography by Cassandra Hannigan
Nicholas Tamagna, Giustino
Lauren Lodge-Campbell, Eufemia

Giustino | Love Duet

Giustino by Legrenzi is a forgotten treasure of 17th century opera. It had remained lost for almost 300 years and now Pinchgut is staging a revival of this o...

Il Giustino Giovanni Legrenzi

Pinchgut Opera presents Giustino: an introduction

A triumph by one of the most important opera composers in Venice in the late 1670s
and re-imagined by one of Australia’s most talented and insightful directors,
we present Giustino by Giovanni Legrenzi, directed by Dean Bryant.
While Legrenzi’s operatic output was small, he was praised for “exceeding the expectations of many in cultivating charm and delight”, and Giustino is one of his great successes. It’s a classic rags-to-riches story of the peasant Giustino who, through a series of adventures and magical interventions, ultimately becomes the Emperor of Rome. Gods, ghosts and sea-monsters spring to life in Legrenzi’s spectacular operatic setting.
Making his directorial debut for Giustino is Dean Bryant, who is well known for his sensitive and insightful staging of main stage operas and musicals in Australia and internationally.
A feast for countertenor lovers, Giustino features three: American Nicholas Tamagna makes his Pinchgut debut in the title role, and English star Owen Willetts (The Coronation of Poppea, 2017) makes his anticipated return, alongside Australian favourite Russell Harcourt (Artaserse, 2018). Soprano Lauren Lodge Campbell and tenor Jacob Lawrence both return to Pinchgut after standout performances in Monteverdi’s The Return of Ulysses (2019).
Giustino exemplifies the heart and soul of Pinchgut Opera: bringing together the finest Baroque specialists to discover one of the forgotten treasures of the past in a fresh and exciting context.

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Justin by Legrenzi, From (2023/2023), Directed by Dean Bryant,, Conductor Erin Helyard, City Recital Hall, Sydney City, Australia

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