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BRISBANE AND REDCLIFFE DAYTIME SERIES – Now on Sale

Operatif - opera and song — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:42:53 +0000

BRISBANE AND REDCLIFFE DAYTIME SERIES – Now on Sale

BOOK ONLINE ( Brisbane ) or call 1300 308 385 ( Brisbane )
or 3283 0407 ( Redcliffe )

1. Hear My Song – Brisbane, 29th March at 11am

A marvellous collection from the rich and varied treasure trove of songs!
Joining us is rising tenor, Dominic Walsh

2. By Request – Brisbane, 22nd May at 11am &
Redcliffe 23rd May at 11am

With special guest, tenor Benjamin Makisi, we present
all the favourites!

3. Your Raise Me Up – Brisbane, 17th June at 2pm

A selection of inspirational songs, filled with fine
sentiment and rich melody!

4. Wanting You – Redcliffe, 31st July at 11am &
Brisbane, 1st August at 11am

The Golden Years of stage and movie singers, their musicals
and light operas!

5. Serenade – Redcliffe, 25th October at 11am &
Brisbane, 28th October at 2pm

A delightful mix of elegant and melodic songs and music.
You’ll love this one!

6. Our Traditional Christmas Concert – Redcliffe, 5th December at 11am & Brisbane, 9th December at 2pm

Rejoice in the wonderful harmonies and beautiful melodies of the great Xmas songs and carols.4 big voices (& yours!)

Some great video archives

Operatif - opera and song — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:01:34 +0000

The Australian Singing Competition has recently posted a lot of video footage of past performances. If you look carefully you will see a number of familiar singers, including our baritone Stewart Cameron, our regular guest David Hibbard and even the lovely Bronwyn Clarke ( our first mezzo )

http://www.youtube.com/user/MOSTgivesmore

Opera in the Amphitheatre – 20th May 2012

Operatif - opera and song — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:31:21 +0000

We are delighted to announce that our next ‘Opera in the Amphitheatre’ performance will be on Sunday, 20th May at 3.00pm. Tickets are now on sale for phone bookings ( 1300 308 385 ) or online from 7th February. Complete cast to be announced soon. Special guest will be Tongan – Samoan tenor, Benjamin Makisi who will be making his last Australian performance before flying to London, where he has just been signed by a major agency.

Success in Maryborough

Operatif - opera and song — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:31:01 +0000

Despite the threat of flooding rain, opera lovers from all over Wide Bay and beyond arrived in Maryborough last Saturday for ‘Opera at Gatakers’. Originally planned as a twilight concert under the stars, the performance became an indoor concert in the Gatakers Art Space / Art Gallery. Following a prolonged standing ovation we have already had a couple of enquiries to return to the area later in the year, perhaps when the weather is a little more stable !! OPERATIF! performers were Jennifer Parish – soprano, Deborah Rogers – mezzo, Dominic Walch – tenor, Stewart Cameron – baritone and John woods – piano.

An archival video of our baritone, Stewart, singing with the NZSO as a young man.

Operatif - opera and song — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:44:34 +0000

Opera at Gatakers – 28 January

Operatif - opera and song — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:21:08 +0000

Join us at the inaugural ‘Opera at Gatakers ‘ – Maryborough, Saturday 28th January.

Bookings 1800 214 789

Flyer attached. Invitation – Opera at Gatakers

Staged Opera Productions – Photo and Videos from our opera productions

Operatif - opera and song — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:46:12 +0000

Over the break, we have gathered up some very interesting archival photos and video of our acclaimed opera productions. They document the battle for funding a truly independent Queensland company. Watch this space. The time is right for a re-launch of Operatif’s opera productions.

www.operatif.com.au/gallery_operas.html

Back to work

Operatif - opera and song — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:26:44 +0000

After a short break over Xmas we will be slowly getting the office up and running this week. Please bear with us if we don’t reply to you with our usual efficiency !!

Welcome to the Blog spot for Operatif news

Operatif - opera and song — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:37:12 +0000

WELCOME TO OUR BLOG.
We will keep you up-to-date with news about our performers, our performances and our overseas ‘Travel Club’ tours.