Huw conducts the Australian Premiere of Glass’s 2000 Chamber Opera, In the Penal Colony. Details here

Pascal Herington on set. Courtesy of the Daily Telegraph

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/glasss-acute-vision-of-an-ageless-kafka-tale/story-e6frg8n6-1226325228399

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/stage/nightmare-helps-realise-operatic-tale-of-torture-20120405-1wfcp.html

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/whats-on/kafka-nightmare-gets-hard-cell/story-e6frexmi-1226320051564

http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/Article/296211,sydney-chamber-opera-through-a-glass-darkly.aspx

I Have Had Enough (trailer above) including Nunc Dimittis by Jack Symonds which Huw Conducted for Sydney Chamber Opera, has received positive reviews, including this from the Sydney Morning Herald.

Selected Photos & Show Reel below:

Huw will conduct Sydney Chamber Opera’s Next production titled ‘I Have Had Enough’ including Nunc Dimittis by Jack Symonds. Full details and tickets here.

The Cunning Little Vixen, which Huw Produced for Sydney Chamber Opera, and for which he was assistant conductor has received  a handful of  great reviews!

 Trailer of Sydney Chamber Opera’s recent production of Notes from Underground.

“From every point of view – artistic, musical, theatrical and logistical – this was an ambitious undertaking, impressively realised…Gripping and earthy…it was an auspicious launch.”

Sydney Morning Herald

“A brave and triumphant debut for Sydney Chamber Opera.”

Limelight Magazine

Smile - you're in Saint Petersburg

Notes from underground has received much press, including one article in the Sydney Morning Herald about the launch of the company; one in the Telegraph anticipating the production; and several positive reviews including one from ABC’s limelight magazine; and a four-and-a-half star review from Peter McCallum.

Huw will be involved with Sydney Chamber Opera‘s next production, of The Cunning Little Vixen. More soon…

Huw is in production as assistant conductor for colleague Jack Symonds‘ operatic adaptation of Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground. Opening Febraury 14.

Tickets and info at sydneychamberopera.com

Huw’s work Toccata Gallipoli was premiered by organist James McVinnie at Westminster Abbey. The Toccata combines material form Australia and New Zealand’s National Anthems and references Huw’s Memorial Anthem The Mountain and the Sea.

See recordings by James McVinnie at Naxos.

The Quintet Scene ‘The Meeting’ from Huw’s upcoming Opera Carousel of Blood was performed in the Recital Hall, at the Royal College of Music.

CAROUSEL OF BLOOD – SYNOPSIS

A gangster and accountant both trapped in life itself, accidentally swap suitcases at the Heathrow baggage carousel. Chasing one another, while accidentally finding love, each man finds endangered his very life or living. A violent catharsis leads the men to speak, and meeting at the carousel, they come to fully understand its fateful power.

The Meeting –

13 Jubilee Close and Suite 69 share the stage. Passing Inga Inglefinger, a Fräulien lurking in the corridor, Martin finds Désirée in the Suite – a complaining high-class call girl. Charles, furiously seeking Martin in Pinner, instead encounters suburban Wendy, who thinks she is meeting her neighbour for the first time. The transformation is instant; the two couples are in love, though each man has pretended he’s the other. Outside Inga, though suspicious that Martin is an imposter, waits impatiently to kill him.

Video of concert performance conducted by Huw at the Royal College of Music.

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Performers

Magali Arnault Désirée
Benjamin Williamson Martin ​
Jane Evelyn Inga​
​Anais Heghoyan Wendy
David Milner-Pearce Charles ​
 
Sarah Piper Flute/Piccolo​
Kymia Kermani Bass Clarinet
Belinda Jones Piano​
Michelle Lee Violin ​
​Rebecca Celebuski Percussion
Jorien Veenhoven Viola​
Romain Malan Cello​
James Kenny Double Bass​

IngaInglefinger.com from Huw’s upcoming Opera Carousel of Blood was performed in the Recital Hall, at the Royal College of Music.

The aria from the hour long chamber opera for 5 voices and 9 players was performed by the following musicians:

Jane Evelyn Inga
Benjamin Macdougall Flute
Antoine Cambruzzi Clarinet
Rebecca Celebuski Percussion
Nathan Tinker Piano
Radu Bitica Violin
Brian Jankanish Viola
Romain Malin Cello
David McIlfatrick Double Bass

The work carried the program note:

Need someone ‘bumped off’? Just type ingainglefinger.com and order an assassination using paypal. From Huw’s upcoming little opera Carousel of Blood, this “Death Tango” punctuated by screaming piccolo stabs, advertises the sadism of an internet assassiness. But beware! She who lives by the sword dies by the sword, and in the violent last moments, she meets her end.

 A concert workshop performance of the Ensemble scene from the same opera can be found here