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Meale/Malouf

Voss

Festival Theatre

07 May 2022

TICKETS

From $70

Season Rescheduled to May 2022 – More Information

Voss was commissioned by The Australian Opera (Opera Australia), and premiered at the Adelaide Festival in 1986.

A Co-Production between State Opera South Australia and Victorian Opera

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Widely considered to be the great Australian opera, Voss is both the semi-biographical account of an attempt to conquer the Australian continent and an epic love story.

On the surface Voss is a tale of one man versus nature and his own nature. What lies beneath is an exquisite and moving exploration of the Outsider; a man who desperately seeks an elusive personal connection, and an identity with society. Ultimately it is a love story between two human beings that transcends time and place.

Based on Patrick White’s novel about explorer Ludwig Leichhardt, who disappeared whilst on expedition in outback Australia around 1845, the opera by Richard Meale with a libretto by David Malouf, was the sensation of Adelaide Festival of Arts when it premiered in 1986.

For the first time in 30 years, Voss will once more take Australia by storm as a spectacular staged concert directed by Stuart Maunder. Meale’s epic score is brought to life by an acclaimed all-Australian cast, led by Samuel Dundas as Voss and Emma Pearson as Laura, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and State Opera Ensemble under the baton of Richard Mills.

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Conductor
Richard Mills AM
Director
Stuart Maunder AM
Set & Costume Designer
Roger Kirk AM
Lighting
Ben Flett
Lighting
Martin Howard
Video Design
Jamie Clennett
Assistant Director
Eugene Lynch

Voss
Samuel Dundas
Laura
Emma Pearson
Judd / Mr Bonner
Pelham Andrews
Harry
Nicholas Jones
Le Mesurier
Michael Petruccelli
Palfreyman
Joshua Rowe*
Belle
Jessica Dean
Tom
Mark Oates
Mrs Bonner / Mrs Judd
Cherie Boogaart
Topp
Jiacheng Ding
Reporter
Jeremy Tatchell
Rose/Mercy
Rachel McCall
Dugald
Trevor Jamieson
Jacky
Elijah Valadian
with

State Opera Ensemble
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

* Joshua Rowe is supported by The Friends of State Opera

  • Suitability PG
    • English
  • Surtitles Yes
  • Hearing Loop Yes
  • Accessible Venue Yes