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Handel

Saul

Festival Theatre

03 Mar - 09 Mar 2017

Season Closed

A co-production with the Adelaide Festival.

Conductor: Erin Heyland
Director: Barrie Kosky
Revival Director: Donna Stirrup
Set & Costume Designer: Katrin Lea Tag
Chorus Master: Brett Weymark
Choreographer: Otto Pichler
Lighting Designer: Joachim Klein

Saul: Christopher Purves
David: Christopher Lowrey
Jonathan: Adrian Strooper
Merab: Mary Bevan
Michal: Taryn Fiebig
High Priest / Abner / Amalekite / Doeg: Stuart Jackson
Witch of Endor: Kanen Breen

with

State Opera Chorus
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Joined by Anthony Abouhamad on harpsichord

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