AUSTRALIA'S first festival of baroque music is opening in Hobart in April.
The nine-day program of local and international performances in the Hobart Baroque festival is likely to enhance the city's growing reputation as a cultural centre of national interest.
A production from the Royal Opera House in London is the star billing. It is the first time the Royal Opera House has presented a work in Australia.
Another attraction is the extraordinary voice of young Sydney counter-tenor David Hansen, who is in demand around the world and whose one-off recital is his only performance in Australia next year.
Yesterday, festival director Leo Schofield and Premier Lara Giddings launched the event at the Theatre Royal, along with Royal Opera young artist Madeleine Pierard, who sang a spine-tingling aria.
Ms Giddings said Hobart Baroque would attract international attention and a flood of interstate music lovers.
Mr Schofield promised that "it's going to be a knockout".
After directing nine large, festivals in Sydney and Melbourne, he said "it's been a joy to work on a program so tightly focused".
He hoped it would become an annual event and said he was committed to working on the project for some years.
The festival was made possible with a $200,000 grant from the State Government through Events Tasmania and a similar amount from philanthropist Graeme Wood.
Mr Schofield said the heart of the festival would be the Theatre Royal, perfect for baroque recitals, being a similar size to the 17th and 18th century theatres in which many of the works were performed originally.
It would host four performances of the Royal Opera House production L'isola Disabitata (The Uninhabited Island) by Joseph Haydn, a chamber work for four singers.
Other performers include the Melbourne baroque trio Latitude 37 and soprano Jane Edwards. Some recitals will be at the Hobart Town Hall and the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA).
Hobart Baroque will run from April 12 to 20.
philip.heyward@news.com.au
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