Jack Symonds

Background: Born, Sydney. Studied Royal College of Music (London), Sydney Conservatorium. Artistic Director, Sydney Chamber Opera (2014 – present)

SCO Repertoire: Into the little hill (Benjamin), Owen Wingrave, The Rape of Lucretia, Canticles (Britten), Passion, O Mensch! (Dusapin), The Cunning Little Vixen (Janáček), Exil (Kancheli), …pas à  pas –nulle parte… (Kurtág), The Lighthouse (Maxwell Davies), La voix humaine (Poulenc), An Index of Metals (Romitelli), La Passion de Simone (Saariaho).

World premieres: Victory Over the Sun (Belling), Antarctica, Biographica (Finsterer), Fly Away Peter, Oscar & Lucinda (Gyger), The Howling Girls (Ricketson), Mayakovsky (Smetanin), Notes from Underground, Climbing Toward Midnight, The Shape of the Earth (Symonds).

Has made work and performed with Holland, Tokyo, Sydney, Melbourne & Adelaide Festivals, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Australian String Quartet, The Song Company, Ensemble Offspring, ANAM, Dark MOFO, Sydney Opera House, Biennale of Sydney, Carriageworks, Melbourne Recital Centre, Victorian Opera, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, National Gallery of Australia.