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Opera in the Arboretum

Locality: Pearl Beach, New South Wales

Phone: +612 481 322 176

Address: Crommelin Arboretum 2256 Pearl Beach, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.operarotarywoywoy.org.au/

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03.02.2022 To our dear Audience, It's been a while and we miss you! We've created this film clip to say hello and to let you know that we will be back with a fabulous event in March 2022. Special thanks to everyone who helped with this project: Our stunning sopranos from Opera Australia, Jane Ede - Soprano and Clarissa Spata - Soprano; Super talented film maker Benjamin Fraser; Joan Redmond, Rotary Club of Woy Woy President who facilitated the idea at every turn; Pearl Beach Progress A...ssociation; Pearl Beach Arboretum; Everglades Country Club We dedicate this project to John Greenway the original founder and organiser of Opera in the Arboretum. We'll be announcing next year's date soon, so stay tuned. Can't wait to see you all again in 2022! Michaele x Artistic Director Michaele L Archer

28.01.2022 CONGRATULATIONS to the prizewinners in our 2020 RCWW Opera in the Arboretum Raffle and sincere thanks to our donors for your generous donation of prizes and all who supported the raffle. The funds raised will benefit: ‘Music Therapy for Dementia’ (Rotary Club of Woy Woy local project), Rotary Give Every Child A Future (in partnership with UNICE) and the Rotary Foundation. PRIZEWINNERS 1: Portrait in Oils B Freeman Donated by: Jocelyn Maughan OAM ... 2: 2-night Getaway at Ettalong Beach Resort V Deeble Donated by: ACCOM Holidays, Ettalong 3: 1 x mixed dozen wines plus dining voucher V Deeble Donated by: Wine - anonymous Voucher - Saddles Mt White 4: 1 Pair of Glasses T Cameron Donated by: Specsavers, Deepwater Plaza, Woy Woy 5: Four rounds of golf at Shelly Beach Golf Club V Deeble Donated by: Shelly Beach Golf Club 6: Jumbuck 4 Burner Hooded BBQ R Grove Donated by: Bunnings Umina Beach 7: Bosch 550 W Impact Drill L Jazwinska Donated by: Mitre 10 Kincumber 8: Dining Voucher T Walker Donated by: Boathouse Patonga 9: Dining Voucher V Deeble Donated by: Pearls on the Beach Restaurant 10: Gift Voucher G Richardson Donated by: Pearl Beach Cafe and General Store See more

25.01.2022 We're looking forward to our superb mezzo-soprano, Jacqueline Dark, performing for us in on 28 March 2020. Jacqueline's most recent performances include The Mother Abbess in the National Tour of The Sound of Music, Herodias in Opera Australia’s Salome and Fricka in their revival of Der Ring des Nibelungen, Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana for State Opera of SA (Best Female Performance ‘Curtain Call’ Awards), the title role in Prima Donna for the Adelaide Festival, Anna in B...lack Rider for Victorian Opera/Malthouse Theatre, Mrs Sedley in Peter Grimes for the Brisbane Festival and major concerts with the Sydney, West Australian and Darwin Symphony Orchestras. Future engagements include Santuzza for West Australian Opera, Berenice in Farnace for Pinchgut Opera, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 for Melbourne Symphony and a return to Opera Australia as Fricka. After completing a Bachelor of Physics degree, Jacqui attended the Opera Studio at the Victorian College of The Arts, graduating with First Class Honours. Her performance experience encompasses opera, music theatre, cabaret and the concert platform - and includes the roles of The Composer (Ariadne auf Naxos), the title role in Carmen, Amneris (Aida), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), the title role and Tisbe in Cenerentola (for which she won a Green Room Award), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Rosmira (Partenope), Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni (Green Room Award), Lady Billows (Albert Herring) and many others. A period as a Young Artist at the Wiener Staatsoper included the roles of Giovanna (Rigoletto), Grimgerde (Die Walküre), Mercedes (Carmen), Annina (La traviata), Ines (Il trovatore) and Countess Ceprano (Rigoletto). In 2012, Jacqueline Dark sang Herodias in Opera Australia’s new production of Salome winning a Helpmann Award for her portrayal. She sang the same role for Opera Hong Kong and sang the alto solos in Rossini’s Stabat Mater for the West Australian Symphony and Messiah for the New Zealand Symphony. In August 2014, Jacqui received her second consecutive Helpmann Award for her work as Fricka in Opera Australia’s Der Ring des Nibelungen. Jacqueline Dark appears as a leading artist in many of Opera Australia’s internationally released CDs and DVDs Le nozze di Figaro, Der Rosenkavalier, Don Giovanni and The Mikado. Patrick Togher Artists’ Management 2019

24.01.2022 The making of multi-talented Patrick Brennan, Musical Director of Opera in the Arboretum and CEO/Artistic Director of the Central Coast Conservatorium of Music ...... When Patrick visits our club its usuallly to chat about the Opera or the music scholarships we sponsor. This time Patrick entertained us with stories of his musical journey as flautist, boy soprano, bassoonist, music teacher and conductor. He told of the positive reinforcement of his talents from family, teachers and fellow students that led him to pursue a career in music, achieving Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from Sydney Conservatorium of Music. It was here he learnt that failure was just part of the journey to excellence describing his pathway as broad, vast and challenging. Read Patrick's profile at: https://www.operarotarywoywoy.org.au//patrick-brennan-musi Q: What do President Don and Patrick Brennan have in common? A: A passion for Fishing!! When you see President Don at the Opera you can ask him what that’s all about. Patrick Brennan will conduct the Central Coast Chamber Orchestra at Opera in the Arboretum on Sat 28th March 2020. BUY TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=567088&

23.01.2022 A huge THANK YOU to patrons and sponsors who supported us with donations and heartfelt messages of support when we had to cancel Opera in the Arboretum 2020 due... to COVID-19. We are so thankful for the full and partial donations from ticket purchases and sponsorship commitments. Thanks to their generosity, we are able to provide support for each of the OITA's 2020 recipients and Rotary project. Website: https://www.operarotarywoywoy.org.au/ See more

21.01.2022 Our soprano for Opera in the Arboretum 2020 is the dazzling Julie Lea Goodwin, a principal with Opera Australia. In 2019, she featured as Maria in the outdoor production of West Side Story on Sydney Harbour. For Opera Australia, Julie revisited the roles of Musetta in La bohème and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro and sang Madama Cortese in Il viaggio a Reims. She also created the role of Wendy Whiteley in the World Premiere of Elena Kats-Chernin’s Whiteley. Julie returns to Opera Australia in 2020 as Musetta and sings Despina in Cosi fan tutte for West Australian Opera. Book now! https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=567088

20.01.2022 NOTICE OF EVENT CANCELLATION Opera in the Arboretum 2020 Sadly due to COVID-19 and Government restrictions on mass gatherings and in consideration of the welfare of patrons and performers the Opera in the Arboretum 2020 event is cancelled. Ticket holders will receive communication via email regarding refunds in the next few days.

19.01.2022 Internationally acclaimed Bass Baritone Daniel Sumegi sings for us in Pearl Beach Opera in the Arboretum 2020. In the thirty-second year of his career, Daniel Sumegi has sung over one hundred operatic roles on many of the world’s major stages - including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Washington National Opera, Seattle Opera, as well as at Opera Australia. He has also appeared in the opera houses of Bonn, Cologne, Frankfurt and Hamburg, as wel...l as Paris, Barcelona, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Houston among many others. Regarded also for his dynamic acting, his broad repertoire encompasses all periods of music - from Monteverdi and Mozart to Britten, Tippett and Puts. Equally comfortable as Strauss’ Baron Ochs, Mozart’s Sarastro and Commendatore, Verdi’s Grand Inquisitor and Sparafucile, Offenbach’s Four Villains or Puccini’s Scarpia, he has participated in Ring Cycles in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Strasbourg, Cologne, Tokyo, Buenos Aires, Seattle, Melbourne and Adelaide, most notably as Hagen. He has additionally performed Hunding in concert for the Hong Kong, Atlanta, Stuttgart and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras. Daniel appears on CD in Beatrice di Tenda and Seattle Opera’s acclaimed Ring Cycle, and on DVD in the San Francisco Opera Production of Capriccio, Opera Australia’s Don Giovanni, and the historic condensed Ring Cycle from Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. Book now! https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=567088

18.01.2022 Rotary Club of Woy Woy annual charity fundraiser, Opera in the Arboretum, postponed until March 2022. Unfortunately due to the ongoing uncertainty surrounding ...COVID-19, the restrictions on public gatherings, availability of artists, and the well-being of patrons and all involved in the event, we have had to make the difficult decision to postpone the next Opera in the Arboretum, due to be held in March 2021. We are now planning to hold what will be our 15th Opera in the Arboretum in March 2022. We live in hope that by then a vaccine will be available, the pandemic will have abated, borders will be open, and we can gather once again to picnic under the gum trees and enjoy a glorious afternoon of Opera. Photo: Happier days - Opera in the Arboretum 2017

18.01.2022 BUY TICKETS in our '2020 Opera in the Arboretum' RAFFLE - The countdown is on ... RAFFLE DRAWN 24 NOVEMBER (Ticket sales close at midnight on 23 November 2020) Click the link below for details of 10 great prizes... Every dollar generated will fund Rotary projects A big thank you to all our generous sponsors (Free delivery on Central Coast of heavy items)

17.01.2022 Sharing this beautiful video featuring Australian artists who "Still Call Australia Home"

17.01.2022 Meet OITA’s Artistic Director Michaele Archer who has been associated with the event since its inception and Artistic Director from 2006. Her creative vision has seen some of Australia's most celebrated opera singers perform at Pearl Beach including Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Cheryl Barker, David Hobson, Sally-Anne Russell, Rosario la Spina, Milijana Nikolic, Jose Carbo and many others. A graduate with distinction from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Opera School, Michaele has a ...Masters in Applied Science, researching breathing techniques for opera singers from USYD and a BA in Performances Studies, Languages and Australian Literature. Her research in breathing was presented in Paris at the International Congress of Voice teachers. Michaele has performed nationally and internationally and has studied in New York with world renowned voice teacher, David Jones who works with singers at the Metropolitan Opera. Michaele has performed with Opera Australia, Symphony Central Coast and Central Coast Philharmonia and as the soprano soloist for Camina Burana, Mendelssohn's Symphony no.2, and The Armed Man by Karl Jenkins. Other highlights include recitals with classical guitarist Slava Gregoryan, principal role of Queen of Light in The Gravel Pit Opera and Songs of the Sea as part of the Festival of the Southern Ocean. Michaele premiered the song cycle 'Brackish Songs' (a new work by Australian composer Christopher Sainsbury) and the first live performance of Schubert's Erlking with an award winning sand animation by Californian animator Benny Zelkowicz. Recently Michaele has been performing and studying in Los Angeles with Swiss vocal expert Robin de Haas and has been certified as a Breathing Coordination practitioner. Michaele's ensemble Apsara released their first original CD 'Galatea' in 2019. https://www.operarotarywoywoy.org.au//michaele-archer-arti

16.01.2022 Congratulations to Patrick Brennan, Musical Director of Opera in the Arboretum and Artistic Director/CEO of the Central Coast Conservatorium of Music, who has scored a coveted spot in the 2020 Australian Conducting Academy. Patrick is one of eight conductors chosen from a rigorous selection process to take part in the Australian Conducting Academy (ACA) 2020 Summer School in Hobart, Tasmania. He will train under the leadership of world-class conductor, Johannes Fritzsch, Tas...manian Symphony Orchestra (TSO) Principal Guest Conductor and Course Director. See Patrick Brennan conducting the Central Coast Chamber Orchestra at Opera in the Arboretum on Sat 28th March 2020. BUY TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=567088& VISIT THE WEBSITE https://www.operarotarywoywoy.org.au/

13.01.2022 We are thrilled to present our guest artist Sebastien del Rosario Hibbard who began learning cello at age 8 at the Central Coast Conservatorium of Music. The 17-year-old is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Rising Stars program and is currently studying with Susan Blake. Between 2016-2019, Sebastien was the recipient of the Rising Stars William McIlrath Foundation Music Scholarship. He was also a full Music Scholar at Central Coast Grammar School Official Site ...from Years 7-12. In 2017, Sebastien obtained the LMUS Cello diploma, the highest qualification attainable by the Australian Examination Board (AMEB). In 2019, Sebastien achieved many solo performance awards as well as engagements with several Symphony Orchestras. He was the 2019 Overall Winner of the prestigious Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra (KPO) NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition and also received the KPO Players Award on the night. Read Sebastien del Rosario Hibbard profile: https://www.operarotarywoywoy.org.au//sebastien-del-rosari See Sebastien at OITA 2020 BUY TICKETS: https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=567088&

10.01.2022 We are excited for acclaimed tenor John Longmuir to perform for us at Pearl Beach Opera in the Arboretum in 2020. After making his professional debut as Ismaele in Nabucco in Tokyo Japan, he joined Opera Australia, first as a young artist and then as a principal. John has sung all the major leggiero repertoire for Opera Australia including: Tamino in The Magic Flute, Narcisco in Il Turco in Italia, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Camille in The Merry Wid...ow, Almaviva in The Barber of Seville, Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore, Fenton in Falstaff, Beppe in Pagliacci and many others. John has also appeared with West Australian Opera as Almaviva in The Barber of Seville and Camille in The Merry Widow. Also in high demand on the concert platform, his performance highlights include: Carmina Burana with The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the New National Theatre in Tokyo, Elijah with Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Bach’s Mass in B minor with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Handel's Messiah with Royal Melbourne Philharmonic, Rossini's Stabat Mater with West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Handel's Israel in Egypt with the Berliner Cappella and Faure’s La naissance de Vénus at the Konzerthaus Berlin. In 2012 and 2014, John was invited to sing Grimoaldo in concert performances of Handel’s Rodelinda under Richard Bonynge, now available as a commercial recording. Recent performances for Opera Australia have included Camille in The Merry Widow, Gastone in La traviata, Juan in Don Quichotte and Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor; in late 2018, John sang Camille for State Opera of South Australia; 2019 engagements included principal roles in Turandot, Salome, Wozzeck, Il viaggio a Reims and Anna Bolena for Opera Australia and Rev. Horace Adams in Peter Grimes for Sydney Symphony. In 2020, John Longmuir sings Almaviva in The Barer of Seville for State Opera of South Australia and Loge in Opera Australia’s new production of Das Rheingold. His awards encompass all of Australia's major competitions, having won the prestigious Herald-Sun Aria, the Opera and Arts Support Group Scholarship and the inaugural Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Bel Canto Award. Book now! https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=567088

08.01.2022 The Arboretum lies quiet and still, save for the gentle song of a few birds. Today the magnificent voices of our soloists would have soared into the trees. Our loyal audience would have enjoyed the day. Thank you to all of you who have generously donated. It would have been the 15th year of our event today. Until next time, take care and let's keep music in our lives. ... Michaele Artistic Director

06.01.2022 We should be busy selecting artists for our next Opera event. Sadly, that’s not to be for some time. Continue to enjoy the music you love... here's Soprano Julie Lea Goodwin performing Susanna's aria 'Deh vieni non tardar' from Le Nozze di Figaro by Mozart. Julie was due to appear at Opera in the Arboretum in March, cancelled due to the pandemic. #julieleegoodwin https://youtu.be/XDno7-7rk4U

04.01.2022 Daniel Sumegi was due to appear in our Opera in the Arboretum event in 2020. So many artists have been affected by the cancellations of events so we're sharing Daniel's appeal on behalf of Freelance Artist Relief Australia #danielsumegi #patricktoger