#victorianopera

Final performance of A Christmas Carol by #VictorianOpera with #TheDecibelles and #LowRez choirs. Thanks to all for such an amazing experience! (at Palais Theatre) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm_KL_NyjFz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Shortly our final performance of #VictorianOpera A Christmas Carol, at the iconic #PalaisTheatre. But don’t dismay if you’ve missed coming - you can buy digital access tickets to watch it streaming, from this afternoon’s cracking performance! https://my.victorianopera.com.au/digitalaccess22/carol (at Palais Theatre) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmQw9q0SExr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Some more production photos of #VictorianOpera A Christmas Carol opera featuring #LowRez & #TheDecibelles as the chorus. Come and see us tonight, or tomorrow arvo or evening, at the #PalaisTheatre #StKilda (at Palais Theatre) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmOE-PWy8Wn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Delighted to announce that @victorianopera has programmed another season of my Children’s Opera “The Grumpiest Boy In The World,” an adaptation of and collaboration with acclaimed playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer 🙏💖😍 Thank you so much #VictorianOpera for all your amazing support. Love you lots! #VOseason2023 https://www.instagram.com/p/ClUys8hStGQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Very excited that #LowRez and our sister choir #TheDecibelles are going to be the chorus in the fabulous #VictorianOpera’s end-of-year show, an updating of A Christmas Carol to contemporary Melbourne! The new opera is composed by Graeme Koehne, whose music is exciting and easy to listen to, and the witty libretto is by the multitalented Anna Goldsworthy; the cast and creatives include so many of my favourite artists! >squee< Bookings via Ticketmaster. (at Palais Theatre St Kilda) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClUH0lCScNs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#Playhouse #VictorianOpera The Butterfly Lovers. Gorgeous new opera by Richard Mills, with the composer conducting and the production directed by collaborator Ivan Heng of Singapore’s #WildRice. The 3 central characters were sung by Chinese & Chinese-Australian artists with Cathy-Di Zhang the stand-out. A simple but moving message dedicated the season to the memory of Max Riebl who died aged 30 in April - he was to have sung one of the roles. The traditional tale (perhaps precursor to the Willow Pattern ‘legend’) is told simply but effectively, its cross-gender element not shied away from: the hero falls in love with the heroine when she’s disguised as a man, but the gender is less important than the love. I stayed for the fairly uneventful Q&A session after: they didn’t answer why they omitted the butterflies from the ending, opting for a ‘space agey’ eternity instead (so no butterflies in this version!) (at Art Centre Playhouse) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkCTlG_SySD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#HamerHall #VictorianOpera Elektra. Golly, what an experience! It’s like that clip from The Shining where blood spills from the lift doors - but for 100 minutes. And at the centre of the maelstrom was the force of nature that is Catherine Foster. But really all the artists, singers-players-chorus were superb. Bravissimo! (at Hamer Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci4F8Q-r8Tr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#latergram #HamerHall for #VictorianOpera’s concert performance of Richard Strauss’ early opera Medea. I was told off for taking that photo of the nearly 100-strong orchestra, though it was 5mins to start time & they were fine with me photographing the rest of the auditorium… (at Hamer Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci4EFQ8LEno/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=