Glen Innes Arts Council is very pleased to announce the fifth in its Opera Australia 2011 – 2012 Series of Australian Opera, playing at the Chapel Theatre.

CinemaLive, Opera Australia and Sydney Opera House present Mozart's Don Giovanni, screening at the Chapel Theatre, Glen Innes Sunday 19 February 2012.

Reviving this swashbuckling performance, brandishing a sword, and clad in leathers and thigh-high boots, Teddy Tahu Rhodes's show-stopping entrance in Don Giovanni is legendary. Don Giovanni is a shameless womaniser. He loves the thrill of the chase but his deeds are beginning to catch up with him. He can outrun a jilted lover and dodge a jealous admirer, but a figure from beyond the grave? That might stop him in his tracks.

Many singers have played the title role in this production, but none have inhabited it quite as memorably as Teddy Tahu Rhodes. New Zealand-born Tahu Rhodes has come a long way from his Christchurch upbringing. His 1998 debut with Opera Australia led to a string of principal roles from Don Giovanni to Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire. He also hit the headlines in January 2010 when he stepped into the role of Escamillo in the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD telecast of Carmen at just three hours' notice.

He leads a handsome cast of some of Opera Australia's finest singers. Rachelle Durkin as Donna Anna, Taryn Fiebig as Zerlina and Jacqueline Dark as Donna Elvira are the women who fall prey to Don Giovanni's advances.

While to round up the extraordinary cast, Henry Choo plays Don Ottavio, Andrew Jones is Masetto, Daniel Sumegi is The Commendatore, and great character actor and singer Conal Coad returns to play Don Giovanni's long-suffering servant Leporello to accompany us through the Don's last hours.

In the pit, Opera Australia welcomes back distinguished British conductor Mark Wigglesworth, to conduct Mozart's breathtaking score.

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CinemaLive, Opera Australia and Sydney Opera House Partnership

CinemaLive, Opera Australia and Sydney Opera House will deliver the very best of Australian opera performances from Sydney’s iconic landmark to cinemas and big screen venues around the world.

This exciting partnership will make Opera accessible to both the enthusiast and the uninitiated from all over the world by experiencing the magic of some of Opera Australia’s grandest productions, performed in one of the world’s most beautiful opera venues, Sydney Opera House, all from their local cinema.

Captured in stunning high definition with 5.1. surround sound, each performance is a unique experience, combining music, art, theatre, dance and artistic talent with glamour and spectacle, emotions and beautiful music.

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3pm Sunday 19 February 2012
Tickets $24 at the door
Duration: 2hours 40 minutes with one intermission
Please feel free to bring refreshments to share with your friends.BYO food and drinks for the intermission.