A DELICATE FIRE | Pinchgut Opera
A 60-minute opera film, featuring music by Baroque composer Barbara Strozzi, written when she was 25 years old. A ground-breaking project for Pinchgut, the film was born out of restrictions imposed on the performing arts by COVID-19 – in particular, the ban on public performances for much of 2020. Featuring an all-Australian cast and creative team, the filming took place in a disused Sydney suburban warehouse. Winner of multiple awards including Best Experimental Film at the ATOM Awards and Best Australian Feature Film at the Sydney Women’s International Film Festival.
CREATIVE TEAM
Musical Director/Conductor/Keyboards - Erin Helyard
Director - Constantine Costi
Production Designer - Charlotte Mungomery
Director of Photography - Dimitri Zaunders
Editor - James Vaughan
Choreographer - Shannon Burns
Art Director - Ella Butler
CAST
Anna Dowsley, Taryn Fiebig, Chloe Lankshear, Keara Donohoe, Nicholas Jones, David Greco, Andrew O’Connor
MUSICIANS
Simon Martyn-Ellis, Hannah Lane, Anthea Cottee, Matthew Greco, Karina Schmitz
DANCERS
Allie Graham, Neale Whittaker
Director of Photography - Dimitri Zaunders
“The film, blending gritty surrealism with more classical elements of music and dance, is an uncanny and unashamedly Australian meditation on the arts, love and isolation …”
HONI SOIT