Tycho Brahe Aria Premiered in Hobart

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On sunday, Tasmanian soprano Pamela Andrews premiered an aria from Matthew Dewey’s work in progress operaTycho Brahe at the Hobart Eisteddfod as part of the IHOS Australian Opera Award. Hobart Eisteddfod IHOS Australian Opera Award First Prize – $3500, Second prize $700 Competition Date – 3pm Sunday 29th June 2008 Inaugural 2007 Prize Awarded Chris Richardson – Baritone An Aria from Matthew Dewey’s – The Death of Chatterton Repetiteur – Karen Smithies Rebecca Hilder – Soprano An Aria from Richard
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Double Bill of Chamber Opera in Concert

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In August 2007 at the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music, two of Matthew Dewey’s chamber operas will be featured in concert, jointly produced by the IHOS Music Theatre Laboratory and the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music. The operas, ‘The Buzz of the Sea’and ‘The Death of Chatterton’ will be performed by some of Tasmania’s leading talents: Baritones Christopher Richardson and Michael Lampard and the fantastic pianist Karen Smithies. More details will be released closer to the release of the IHOS and Conservatorium
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Role of Douglas Mawson in Concert Premiere of The Call of Aurora

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Matthew Dewey played the lead role of Douglas Mawson in Joe Bugden’s new opera ‘The Call of Aurora’ in a concert version at the Peacock Theatre on Saturday the 17th of November. The performance was conducted by Gary Wain, directed by Robert Jarman and featured the vocal talent of Michael Lampard, Michael Curtain and Pamela Andrews. Joe Bugden Biography JOE BUGDEN was born in Sydney in 1961. He has worked as director of the Tasmanian Writers’ Centre since April 1999.
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