{"id":13213,"date":"2019-06-04T13:48:01","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T03:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&#038;p=13213"},"modified":"2019-06-17T16:29:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T06:29:14","slug":"opera-queensland","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?avada_portfolio=opera-queensland","title":{"rendered":"Opera Queensland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1170px + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><section class=\"av_textblock_section \">\n<div class=\"avia_textblock \">\n<h1>OPERA QUEENSLAND<\/h1>\n<p>Test test test test<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-grid-wrapper fusion-blog-pagination\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-blog-layout-grid .fusion-post-grid{padding:20px;}.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-posts-container{margin-left: -20px !important; margin-right:-20px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-pagination fusion-blog-rollover fusion-blog-layout-grid fusion-blog-layout-grid-3 isotope fusion-blog-layout-masonry\" data-pages=\"1\" data-grid-col-space=\"40\" style=\"margin: -20px -20px 0;min-height:500px;\"><article class=\"fusion-post-grid fusion-post-masonry post fusion-grid-sizer\"><\/article><article id=\"blog-1-post-13414\" class=\"fusion-post-masonry fusion-post-grid fusion-element-grid post-13414 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-audio-engineer category-live-sound category-opera-queensland category-sound-design\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper fusion-masonary-is-transparent \" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);border:none;\"><div  class=\"fusion-masonry-element-container lazyload fusion-image-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:calc((100% + 40px) * 0.8 - 20px);\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tosca-1.jpg\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tosca-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tosca-1.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tosca-1-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tosca-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tosca-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tosca-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tosca-1.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?p=13414\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOpera Queensland&#8217;s Tosca\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?p=13414\" aria-label=\"Opera Queensland&#8217;s Tosca\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?p=13414\">Opera Queensland&#8217;s Tosca<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?author=1\" rel=\"author\">Geoff<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-06-25T14:12:42+10:00<\/span><span>June 16th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?cat=1\" rel=\"category\">Audio Engineer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?cat=10\" rel=\"category\">Live Sound<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?cat=59\" rel=\"category\">Opera Queensland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?cat=67\" rel=\"category\">Sound Design<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Opera Queensland presents Puccini's\u00c2\u00a0Tosca Often described as the greatest opera of them all, Tosca embraces the grand themes of the human spirit brought to life by one of the greatest composers of them all, Giacomo Puccini. Tosca will transport QPAC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Lyric Theatre to 1970s Italy where political and religious tensions are at breaking point. Tosca, a famous opera singer, is devoted to painter Cavaradossi but Scarpia, the tyrannical Chief of Police, has his own plans for her. What ensues is a gripping tale of lust, betrayal and cold-blooded murder that careens at breakneck pace. This new production directed by<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?p=13414\" aria-label=\"More on Opera Queensland&#8217;s Tosca\">Read More<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><span>Comments Off<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> on Opera Queensland&#8217;s Tosca<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-13289\" class=\"fusion-post-masonry fusion-post-grid fusion-element-grid post-13289 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-audio-engineer category-live-sound category-opera-queensland category-sound-design\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper fusion-masonary-is-transparent \" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);border:none;\"><div  class=\"fusion-masonry-element-container lazyload fusion-image-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:calc((100% + 40px) * 0.8 - 20px);\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/HERO_2560x1100_Requiem-e1560557166663.jpg\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1465\" height=\"1100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/HERO_2560x1100_Requiem-e1560557166663.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271465%27%20height%3D%271100%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201465%201100%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271465%27%20height%3D%271100%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/HERO_2560x1100_Requiem-e1560557166663.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/HERO_2560x1100_Requiem-e1560557166663-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/HERO_2560x1100_Requiem-e1560557166663-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/HERO_2560x1100_Requiem-e1560557166663-600x451.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/HERO_2560x1100_Requiem-e1560557166663-800x601.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/HERO_2560x1100_Requiem-e1560557166663-1200x901.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/HERO_2560x1100_Requiem-e1560557166663.jpg 1465w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?p=13289\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBleach Festival &#8211; Verdi&#8217;s Requiem\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?p=13289\" aria-label=\"Bleach Festival &#8211; Verdi&#8217;s Requiem\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?p=13289\">Bleach Festival &#8211; Verdi&#8217;s Requiem<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?author=1\" rel=\"author\">Geoff<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-06-17T15:53:31+10:00<\/span><span>April 27th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?cat=1\" rel=\"category\">Audio Engineer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?cat=10\" rel=\"category\">Live Sound<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?cat=59\" rel=\"category\">Opera Queensland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?cat=67\" rel=\"category\">Sound Design<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> A Fantastic week spent on the Gold Coast at HOTA (Home of the Arts) doing Sound Design for this show as part of the Bleach Festival.\u00c2\u00a0 2019's festival culminated in a highly evocative and engaging performance of Verdi's Requiem, presented by Opera Queensland and The Queensland Conservatorium of Music Symphony Orchestra. Giuseppe Verdi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s setting of the Latin Requiem Mass is one of the great choral blockbusters, rivalling Handel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Messiah and Mozart\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s own Requiem for popularity. Already outsized for performances in most churches, the Requiem will break free of the concert hall in Opera Queensland\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2019 season, coming to the<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?p=13289\" aria-label=\"More on Bleach Festival &#8211; Verdi&#8217;s Requiem\">Read More<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><span>Comments Off<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> on Bleach Festival &#8211; Verdi&#8217;s Requiem<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-13403\" class=\"fusion-post-masonry fusion-post-grid fusion-element-landscape fusion-element-portrait post-13403 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-live-sound category-opera-queensland category-sound-design\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper fusion-masonary-is-transparent \" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);border:none;\"><div  class=\"fusion-masonry-element-container lazyload fusion-image-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:calc((100% + 40px) * 0.8);\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/AFT-General-Rehearsal-HR-28.jpg\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2953\" height=\"1969\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/AFT-General-Rehearsal-HR-28.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272953%27%20height%3D%271969%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202953%201969%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272953%27%20height%3D%271969%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/AFT-General-Rehearsal-HR-28.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/AFT-General-Rehearsal-HR-28-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/AFT-General-Rehearsal-HR-28-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/AFT-General-Rehearsal-HR-28-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/AFT-General-Rehearsal-HR-28-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/AFT-General-Rehearsal-HR-28-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/AFT-General-Rehearsal-HR-28.jpg 2953w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?p=13403\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA Flowering Tree\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?p=13403\" aria-label=\"A Flowering Tree\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?p=13403\">A Flowering Tree<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?author=1\" rel=\"author\">Geoff<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-06-17T15:53:31+10:00<\/span><span>April 6th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?cat=10\" rel=\"category\">Live Sound<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?cat=59\" rel=\"category\">Opera Queensland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?cat=67\" rel=\"category\">Sound Design<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Opera Queensland's Production of John Adams A Flowering Tree A Flowering Tree was Opera Queensland's first opera of their 2019 Season.\u00c2\u00a0 This was my first time being involved with OQ for a number of years, and it was great to be part of this semi-staged opera in QPAC's Concert Hall. Kumudha is a young woman with a secret power \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the ability to transform herself into a tree covered in valuable blossoms. But sometimes rare gifts can inspire both love and jealousy in equal measure. Exploring themes of magic, transformation and the healing power of deep and selfless love,\u00c2\u00a0A<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?p=13403\" aria-label=\"More on A Flowering Tree\">Read More<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><span>Comments Off<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> on A Flowering Tree<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13216,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-13213","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/13213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13213"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/13213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13460,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/13213\/revisions\/13460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fportfolio_category&post=13213"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_skills","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fportfolio_skills&post=13213"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fportfolio_tags&post=13213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}