Coffee Cantata & Canary Cantata
Australian Baroque and West Australian Opera present
Coffee Cantata and Canary Cantata
Thursday, July 23rd, 7:30pm His Majesty's Theatre
Two short comic operas: the award‑winning London production of Bach’s brilliantly caffeinated Coffee Cantata & Telemann’s Canary Cantata, a whimsical lament for a beloved canary.
This multi‑award‑winning London production of The Coffee Cantata reimagines Bach’s ode to caffeine as witty, stylish music theatre performed in English — a playful clash of virtue, vice, and the irresistible pull of the daily cup. Featuring sumptuous costumes by Sydney designer Elizabeth Gadsby and wigs adorned with hand‑beaded coffee cups crafted by Jane Corbett, milliner to Queen Elizabeth II and the Princess of Wales.
The program also includes Telemann’s Canary Cantata, starring West Australian Opera principal Brigitte Heuser — a theatrical drawn miniature in which private grief gives way to operatic indignation, and suspicion falls squarely on the household cat.
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Australian Baroque is a Perth-based, National ensemble with a never-ending spirit of enquiry. They perform on instruments from the baroque period, and have been recorded by ABC Classic, Tall Poppies, and Master Performers.
Touring the state and performing over 100 concerts a year, Australian Baroque also delivers performances in aged care homes, schools, libraries and nurseries.
Dedicated to both community outreach and music education, the Australian Baroque Perth String Project is a thriving weekly string program in Perth now in it’s 4th year.
Australian Baroque specialises in collaboration and the development of unique programs such as Space Music, Bach and Beer and The Coffee Cantata.Australian Baroque is a Perth-based, National ensemble with a never-ending spirit of enquiry. They perform on instruments from the baroque period, and have been recorded by ABC Classic, Tall Poppies, and Master Performers. Touring the state and performing over 100 concerts a year, Australian Baroque also delivers performances in aged care homes, schools, libraries and nurseries. Dedicated to both community outreach and music education, the Australian Baroque Perth String Project is a thriving weekly string program in Perth now in it’s 4th year.
Australian Baroque specialises in collaboration and the development of unique programs such as Space Music, Bach and Beer and The Coffee Cantata.
SUPPORTED BY: Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries
Performance Partners: West Australian Opera, UWA Choral Society, Giovanni Consort, Aquinas College Schola Choir, Theatre 180, National Digital Concert Hall
Venue Partners: Arts Narrogin, John Curtin Gallery, Balingup Arts and Cultural Hub, WA Museum Boola Bardip, Government House Ballroom Lost Eden Creative, Dwellingup, Faber Vineyard, Cygnet Theatre, Como, The Dam, Denmark, Brugan, Wokalup Tavern
Media Partners: Master Performers, Artshoot Media, National Digital Concert Hall, Audio Technik
Education Partners: Aquinas College, Perth Summer Orchestra Camp, Guildford Grammar, WAAPA ECU, Shark Bay School
Touring Partners: Arts Narrogin, Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, Circuit West
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