September 2, 2020
Summer of the Seventeenth Draft
At my first meeting with Richard Mills, he told me the story of the diva, Montserrat Caballe, amply proportioned, who was asked to sing while…
August 5, 2020
JOSEPH CALLEJA – Now touring in 2021
STATEMENT ON JOSEPH CALLEJA POSTPONEMENT See original COVID-19 statement here. See COVID-19 Statement from 19/03/2020 here.In light of the ongoing global effects of COVID-19 and…
July 31, 2020
Why Summer of the Seventeenth Doll?
Artistic Director of State Opera, Stuart Maunder speaks about why he chose to include Summer of the Seventeenth Doll in State Opera's 2020 season.State Opera…
July 27, 2020
Keeping You Safe in the Theatre
Keeping you safe in the theatre State Opera South Australia is excited to be able to welcome you back to the theatre this November for…
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…
July 1, 2020
Statement on the Remainder of the 2020 Opera Season
STATEMENT ON THE REMAINDER OF THE 2020 OPERA SEASON See original statement here. See Statement from 19/03/2020 here.In light of the ongoing risks posed by…
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…
