Busting opera wide open: the Pinchgut revolution

Ditching the curtain, delivering surpluses, and winning international awards, Pinchgut is a young company changing the face of opera in Australia.

Roberta Diamond and Douglas Kelly in rehearsal for The Return of Ulysses, Pinchgut Opera’s June 2019 production; image supplied.

With no curtain or fly system to build the drama – not even an opera house in which to stage their work – Pinchgut Opera is changing how we perform opera in Australia.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Instagram: fairleygina