July 10, 2020
The Australian Premiere of Little Women
LITTLE WOMEN - State Opera An opera in two acts Mark Adamo, Composer Mark Adamo, Librettist Little Women is an opera by American composer Mark…
July 9, 2020
Composing Little Women
Little Women, that indispensable chronicle of growing up female in post-Civil War New England, has often materialized on-screen (and stage) as the romance of a…
June 30, 2020
Why Australians love Cloudstreet
Reviewer Brenda Walker explains why Australians love Cloudstreet – Tim Winton’s big, brilliant slab of a book, published in 1991.The canvas of Cloudstreet is domestic…
June 30, 2020
Cloudstreet Synopsis
Cloudstreet - Synopsis 1940s – 1960s: Read the Synopsis for the Opera Cloudstreet belowAct One It’s late afternoon on the Margaret River. The Lamb family…
June 30, 2020
Designing the Cloudstreet Set
The characters exist in a stylised space, so it is the costumes which show the period and the passing of time. These are people who…
June 30, 2020
Designing the Cloudstreet Costumes
The characters exist in a stylised space, so it is the costumes which show the period and the passing of time. These are people who…
June 29, 2020
The World Premiere of CLOUDSTREET
CLOUDSTREET An opera in two acts by George Palmer Adapted from the Tim Winton novel Libretto by George Palmer and Tim Winton Based on Tim…
June 26, 2020
Directing Cloudstreet
Cloudstreet the opera was five years in the making. I became involved way back in 2011 when George brought his first draft to me, and…
June 26, 2020
Composing Cloudstreet
My ambition as a composer has always been to write an opera. by 2010, I felt that I was equipped to undertake a serious project.…
June 16, 2020
State Opera’s First Outing – La Boheme
State Opera's inaugural performance of La BohemeLA BOHÈME An opera in four acts Giacomo Puccini, Composer Luigi Illica/Giuseppe Giacosa, Librettists In 1976, Premier Don Dunstan…