2017 MELBOURNE SEASON · 2016-08-22 · lover and a cuckolded husband who makes one dangerous enemy. Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana Pagliacci Leoncavallo NEW PRODUCTION. Szymanowski

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It’s a Saturday evening in summer. You’re sitting in a park with family and friends, and a fabulous picnic dinner. The picture is complete when the glorious live music begins. Especially when the music is some of the most-loved opera choruses and arias from four leading soloists, the Opera Australia Chorus and Orchestra Victoria. This marvellous combination could only be Mazda Opera in the Bowl.

December 3, 2016 at 8pm Sidney Myer Music Bowl Free! No need to book, just come along.

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Bizet Prelude to CarmenOrff ‘O Fortuna’ from Carmina BuranaRossini ‘Largo al factotum’ from The Barber of SevilleBizet The Flower Song from CarmenSaint-Saëns ‘Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix’ from Samson and DelilahVerdi The Anvil Chorus from Il TrovatoreBizet ‘Au fond du temple saint’ from The Pearlfishers

Verdi ‘Sempre libera’ from La TraviataRossini Overture to William TellBizet Seguidilla from CarmenBizet The Toreador Song from CarmenLoewe ‘I Could Have Danced All Night’ from My Fair LadyRodgers ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ from CarouselPuccini ‘Nessun dorma’ from Turandot

Conductor Anthony Legge Hosted by Christopher LawrenceFeaturingLorina GoreSian PendryDiego TorreLuke GabbedyOpera Australia ChorusOrchestra Victoria

The launch of a new opera season is always exciting for everyone associated with Opera Australia. This year I believe our program is reflective of the zeitgeist even more so than usual.

I always try to program seasons with a particular resonance in mind. Often that may be symbolic or interpreted as a subtext, but this practice helps to provide balance and shape to a season.

Consequently, as far as our finances permit, I try to have a feel for where Opera Australia sits at this point in time within the cultural landscape of Australia and its people.

World events impact on who and what we are at any given time in history, but the present global situation reminds us that the certainty of anything we used as a reference point previously, is now nebulous.

This season then, has been designed to provoke thought and discussion as well as to marvel at the sublime music and power of the masterpieces which we will present to you in 2017.

The composer of King Roger, Karol Szymanowski, was fascinated by the melting pot of peoples and cultures in the Mediterranean, particularly in Sicily, where he spent much time. The Arabic musical influences in the score of King Roger reflect the many parallel and integrated cultures that existed in Sicily during the early part of the 20th century.

This is juxtaposed against the passionate jealousies of Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana. In this microcosm, one can see the musical and theatrical reflections of different cultures existing together within the fabric of one society.

Cavalleria Rusticana premièred in 1890 and Szymanowski wrote King Roger between 1918 and 1924.

Bizet’s Carmen reminds us vividly of the consequences of lives that can be changed irrevocably by one bad decision and how that moment in time can destroy our world.

Lyndon Terracini AMArtistic Director

WelcomeDuring these uncertain times, great art enables us to find a place of solace, where we gain an acute insight into the soul of humanity. This can hopefully assist us in making decisions of importance in a world of constantly moving foundations, informed by deep thought, integrity and profound understanding.

I hope you enjoy our year of enlightenment.

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Mazda Opera in the Bowl

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Conductor Guillaume Tourniaire Director John Bell Revival DirectorRoger PressSet Designer Michael Scott-MitchellCostume Designer Teresa NegroponteLighting Designer Trent Suidgeest Choreographer Kelley Abbey

Carmen Rinat Shaham Don José Dmytro PopovEscamillo Shane Lowrencev Micaëla Stacey Alleaume Zuniga Adrian TamburiniDancairo Luke Gabbedy Remendado Benjamin Rasheed Moralès Christopher HillierFrasquitaJane EdeMercédès Sian Pendry

In the heat, dust and danger of the city, fiery Carmen sings her siren song. With each seductive note, the guileless Don José is drawn into her world: a world of smugglers in suits, a world outside society’s bounds.

What kind of person chooses a love that they know will destroy them? What kind of person sees that destiny, and dances towards it, without fear?

"I’ve always been intrigued by the psychology of that choice," says John Bell, who follows up his phenomenal Tosca with a new production of Carmen. "What leads you to love the one person who is going to destroy you?"

Underneath the irresistible Spanish tunes is a gritty tale of power, corruption and destruction waiting to be told, Bell says.

Carmen is colourful, physical and entertaining, but it shouldn’t get "too pretty", he adds. To succeed, it must have punch. Sex and sexual politics. Physicality and power.

This new take on Bizet’s famous opera hones in on the relationships at its heart, on the wild love that promises freedom while binding the lovers in an unbreakable web of fate.

The ultimate femme fatale is here to stamp her feet, toss her hair and dance. Will she love Don José? Maybe. Will you fall for her sultry Habañera? Definitely.

Opera Australia ChorusOrchestra Victoria

Arts Centre MelbourneEvenings at 7:30pmMay 4, 6, 11, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26Saturday matinée at 1pmMay 13

Performed in French with English surtitles.

Running time: approximately 3 hours, including one interval.

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Conductor Andrea Licata Director Damiano Michieletto Revival Director Andy Morton Set Designer Paolo Fantin Costume Designer Carla Teti Lighting Designer Alessandro Carletti

Cavalleria Rusticana Turiddu Diego Torre Santuzza Dragana Radakovic Alfio José CarbóMamma Lucia Dominica Matthews Lola Sian Pendry

Pagliacci Canio Diego Torre Nedda Anna Princeva Tonio José CarbóSilvio Samuel Dundas Beppe John Longmuir


Arts Centre MelbourneEvenings at 7:30pmMay 10, 13, 15, 17Saturday matinée at 1pmMay 20

Sung in Italian with English surtitles.


Co-production with the Royal Opera House, Göteborg Opera Sweden and La Monnaie Brussels.

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Put on your costume and powder your face. The people have paid, and want to laugh! Laugh, clown, at your shattered love, at the sorrow that poisons your heart!

Roll up for a double dose of desperation and drama in this classic double bill of tragedies with stories that cut all too close to home. In a small Italian town, lusting after someone who is not yours is a dangerous game. And falling in love? Even more treacherous. Two short operas explore the full spectrum of emotion: passionate love, consuming lust, bitter suffering and boundless rage.

This Olivier Award-winning co-production with the Royal Opera House, lays bare the raw heart of each opera — ordinary people, driven by emotion to the limits of what we know is human. The result is pure catharsis: everyday tragedy writ large on stage.

Diego Torre sings the famous ‘Vesti la giubba’ as he performs both challenging tenor roles in one evening, and the Opera Australia Chorus sings the famous Easter Hymn as Dragana Radakovic’s voice soars above.

5 | 6Photo: Dragana Radakovic, John Longmuir (Georges Antoni)

Murder on Easter Sunday. Victim: male. A mourning mother,

a married mistress, a spurned lover and a cuckolded husband

who makes one dangerous enemy.

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The shepherd’s voice is lyrical, exotic, heady with the promise of eternal ecstasy. His message is dangerously seductive, and one by one, the people abandon themselves to the worship of desire, pure in its profanity.

Watching his wife dance under the stranger’s spell, King Roger struggles with his own passions: choosing between the sacred love he knows and the sensuous, glittering realm of hedonism the shepherd preaches.

Szymanowski’s intoxicating, iridescent music is rarely heard on the opera stage, so don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear a 20th-century Polish masterpiece.

This co-production with the Royal Opera House was first performed in Covent Garden and was “rapturously acclaimed” by critics who described Kasper Holten’s arresting staging as a “major artistic triumph” (The Telegraph, UK).

Andrea Molino conducts a cast led by Arthur Espiritu, Lorina Gore and Michael Honeyman.

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Conductor Andrea MolinoDirector Kasper HoltenRevival DirectorMatthew BarclaySet & Costume Designer Steffen AarfingLighting DesignerJon ClarkVideo DesignerLuke HallsChoreographerCathy Marston King Roger Michael HoneymanRoxana Lorina GoreShepherd Arthur EspirituEdrisi James EgglestoneDeaconess Dominica MatthewsArchiereios David Parkin


Arts Centre MelbourneEvenings at 7:30pmMay 19, 23, 25Saturday matinée at 1pmMay 27

Sung in Polish with English surtitles.


Co-production with the Royal Opera House and Dallas Opera.

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Organised in collaboration with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the Polska Music program.

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Director Julie Andrews Choreographer Christopher Gattelli Set Designer Oliver Smith Costume Designer Cecil Beaton Scenic SupervisionRosaria Sinisi Costume Recreation John David Ridge Lighting Designer Richard Pilbrow Sound Designer Michael Waters Hair & Wig Designer John Isaacs Make-Up Designer Rick Sharp Musical Director Guy Simpson Associate Scenic Supervisor Naomi Berger Associate Lighting Designer Michael Gottlieb Associate Choreographer Stephen Bienskie Associate Director Karen Johnson Mortimer

Regent Theatre May 16 – July 30 Wednesday – Saturday at 7:30pm Tuesday & Wednesday at 1pm Saturday at 2pm Sunday at 3pm (See the calendar page 22)

Image credit: © AL HIRSCHFELD. Represented exclusively by the MARGO FEIDEN GALLERIES LTD. Alhirschfeld.com

Ground-breaking, glorious and grand...

Celebrating the beloved original, Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady comes to the Regent Theatre, under the direction of Julie Andrews.

Marking the show’s 60th anniversary year, Opera Australia and John Frost join forces to honour the past and bring the beloved story of Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins to a new generation of theatre audiences.

The Cinderella story about the Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle and the appealingly arrogant phoneticist, Professor Higgins, is an endearing tale that charms audiences with its warmth and vivid characters.

The clash of cultures sparks some of the theatre’s most jubilant songs and witty dialogue. The triumphant score features unforgettable numbers including Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?, On The Street Where You Live, I Could Have Danced All Night and Get Me to the Church on Time.

In 1956, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s masterful retelling of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion took the world by storm. Playing the irresistible Eliza Doolittle was a young Julie Andrews, in only her second role on Broadway, a role that would catapult her into international stardom.

In a world first, Julie Andrews will direct a glorious production of My Fair Lady, teaming up with the Tony Award-winning Christopher Gattelli and associates of the musical’s original designers, Cecil Beaton and Oliver Smith.

A stellar cast of Australian theatre royalty and emerging talent will be showcased in this truly momentous production.

This is a theatre event not to be missed.

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Directed by

ALAN JAY LERNERBook and Lyrics by

FREDERICK LOEWEMusic by

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JULIE ANDREWS

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Let’s waltz, let’s sway the night away.

It’s time for a little romance.

There’s a fortune at stake — which match will she make?

She’ll lead you a merry old dance.

Lehár

The Merry Widow is a delicious confection: a light-hearted look at love amid the champagne and glitter of Art Deco France. Ladies sweep into ballrooms in silk fishtail gowns, and dapper gents in suits and patent leather shoes kiss your hand and fill up your dance card.

Melbourne-born international star Danielle de Niese plays the beguiling widow, inadvertent heiress of a city’s fortune after just eight days of marriage. Fearing the loss of their riches, the society set are determined she must wed a local, and soon, before any foreigner catches her gaze. But she’s got a history with the man they’ve got in mind, and to complicate matters, the widow isn’t the only one turning heads. There’s plenty of love to go around in this story of amorous encounters and elegant romance.

Graeme Murphy brings his spirited choreography and direction to Lehár’s charming operetta in a brand new production.

Conductor Vanessa Scammell Director & Choreographer Graeme MurphyAssociate Director & Choreographer Janet VernonSet Designer Michael Scott-MitchellCostume DesignerJennifer IrwinLighting DesignerDamien CooperSound DesignerMichael Waters

Hanna GlawariDanielle de Niese (evenings) Julie Lea Goodwin (matinées) DaniloNNBaron Mirko ZetaDavid WhitneyValencienneStacey AlleaumeCamille de RosillonJohn LongmuirNjegusBenjamin RasheedKromowRichard AndersonBogdanowitschChristopher HillierSylvianeJane EdeRaoul de St. BriocheGraeme MacfarlaneVicomte CascadaLuke Gabbedy OlgaDominica MatthewsPraskowiaAnna Dowsley


Arts Centre MelbourneEvenings at 7:30pmNovember 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25Saturday matinées at 1pmNovember 18, 25Sunday matinée at 3pmNovember 19

Sung in English.

Running time: approximately 2 hours and 35 minutes, including one interval.

The Merry Widow production was commissioned by the Opera Conference, Australia’s national partnership of professional opera companies.

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The party animals of Seville are off to the fiesta, but weird little Diego is left behind — no oddballs allowed. However, in a classic showdown of brains versus brawn, El Kid proves that fortune favours the bold and even the smallest of things can blossom into something fabulous.

Designed to introduce young audiences to the wonder, passion and drama of opera, this 50-minute family opera explores the courage you find when you believe in yourself by reimagining the much-loved story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff and setting it to the glorious melodies of Bizet’s Carmen.

Devised by Liesel Badorrek & Michael BadorrekMusical Adaptation Robert GreeneDirector Liesel BadorrekDesigner Mark ThompsonMusic Director Raymond Lawrence

DiegoShoumendu GangulyOliver MannIsabellaJessica BoydJosephine GrechFerdinandRuth StruttJosephine GrechTroll / NarratorJames PayneOliver Mann

Bizet

Presented by Arts Centre Melbourne and Opera Australia

These performances are in 2016. You can include them in your 2017 subscription. Tuesday November 22 at 7pmSaturday November 26 at 11am, 2pm & 5pmSunday November 27 at 11am & 2pm

Running time: 60 minutes, including a 10-minute Q&A session, no interval.

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Photo: Sian Pendry (Georges Antoni)

Take a harbourside setting with an unrivalled view of the famous Sydney skyline. Build a pop-up opera house, complete with bars, restaurants and tiered seating. Add a monumental set, colourful, eye-catching costumes, spectacular dance and an explosion of fireworks, and you’ve got a night like no other.

This is Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: the cultural event of the year. At sunset, gather with friends over a glass of something sparkling and a sumptuous Spanish meal before settling back to enjoy our vivacious, vivid production of Bizet’s Carmen as dusk falls over the harbour.

“It’s the perfect potion — the glitzy visuals and hyperactive energy of a Broadway musical mixed with world-class opera.” Time Out

Fleet Steps, Mrs Macquaries Point, Sydney March 24 – April 23 Evenings at 7:30pm, Tuesday – Sunday, except Good Friday April 14

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A royal love triangle, a fight for freedom and the famous ‘Triumphal March’ will light up the sky when Aida comes to the beach.

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Photo: Natalie Aroyan (Georges Antoni)

Fancy a break on the Gold Coast? Plan it for September and combine days spent relaxing with a spectacular outdoor production of Aida on Coolangatta Beach in the evening.

It’s a night at the theatre, re-imagined for the kind of evening where you couldn’t bear to go inside. A huge cast and orchestra perform Verdi’s famous music in a new production featuring fireworks of the vocal and exploding kind, colourful costumes and local surf life savers parading past you on the sand.

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Conductor Simon KenwayDirector Hugh HallidaySet Designer David FleischerCostume Designer Anna CordingleyLighting Designer David WaltersChoreographerElise May from Expressions Dance Company

AidaNatalie AroyanAnna-Louise ColeRadamès Arnold RawlsAmneris Milijana NikolicSian PendryAmonasro Michael HoneymanRamfis David ParkinThe King David Hibbard

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Coolangatta Beach, Gold Coast, Queensland Evenings at 6:30pm September 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30

Sung in Italian with English surtitles.

Running time: approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes, including one 30-minute interval.

The site opens at 5pm with food and drink available. Strictly no BYO alcohol. For the comfort of patrons, only low beach chairs will be permitted.

Presented by Opera Australia in partnership with City of Gold Coast and Tourism & Events Queensland and in association with Bleach* Festival.

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Carmen, King Roger, Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci ALL PERFORMANCES

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FULL PRICE 245 179 129 89 59

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YOUTH, UNDER 30 245 179 65 50 33

The Merry Widow ALL PERFORMANCES

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FULL PRICE 170 134 107 80 50

PENSIONER 153 121 96 72 45

YOUTH, UNDER 30 170 134 60 45 28

My Fair Lady WEEKDAY EVENINGS WEEKENDS

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ALL TICKETS 117 99 81 72 135 109 90 81

WEEKDAY MATINÉES

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ALL TICKETS 117 90 81 72

El Kid (2016) ALL PERFORMANCES

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FULL PRICE 36 28

Handa Opera On Sydney Harbour (Carmen) TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, SUNDAY FRIDAY & SATURDAY

P A B P A B

FULL PRICE 269 161 89 296 179 116

PENSIONER 242 145 80 266 161 104

YOUTH, UNDER 30 269 161 50 296 179 65

Opera On The Beach (Qld) ALL PERFORMANCES

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FULL PRICE 90 74 52 32

PENSIONER 90 67 47 29

YOUTH, UNDER 30 90 65 47 29

A concession price of $90 is available in A Reserve on weekday evenings.

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Melbourne Season Calendar 2017 Opening Night

Talk – join us in the Stalls Foyer near Door 2 45 minutes before this performance to hear a member of Opera Australia’s artistic team share their insights into the opera.

Audio described – see details page 17.

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12 13Carmen 1pm(audio described)(talk 12:15pm) Cav/Pag 7:30pm (talk 6:45pm)

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16Fair Lady 1pmCarmen 7:30pm(talk 6:45pm)

17Fair Lady 1pmCav/Pag 7:30pm (talk 6:45pm)Fair Lady 7:30pm

18Carmen 7:30pmFair Lady 7:30pm

19King Roger 7:30pmFair Lady 7:30pm

20Cav/Pag 1pm(audio described)Fair Lady 2pmCarmen 7:30pmFair Lady 7:30pm

21Fair Lady 3pm

22Carmen 7:30pm(talk 6:45pm)

23Fair Lady 1pmKing Roger 7:30pm(talk 6:45pm)

24Fair Lady 1pmCarmen 7:30pmFair Lady 7:30pm

25King Roger 7:30pm(talk 6:45pm)Fair Lady 7:30pm

26Carmen 7:30pmFair Lady 7:30pm

27King Roger 1pm(talk 12:15pm) (audio described)Fair Lady 2pmFair Lady 7:30pm

28Fair Lady 3pm

29 30Fair Lady 1pm

31Fair Lady 1pmFair Lady 7:30pm

JUNE 1Fair Lady 7:30pm

2Fair Lady 7:30pm


4Fair Lady 3pm

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8Fair Lady 7:30pm

9Fair Lady 7:30pm


11Fair Lady 3pm

12 13Fair Lady 1pm


15Fair Lady 7:30pm

16Fair Lady 7:30pm


18Fair Lady 3pm

19 20Fair Lady 1pm


22Fair Lady 7:30pm

23Fair Lady 7:30pm


25Fair Lady 3pm

26 27Fair Lady 1pm


29Fair Lady 7:30pm

30Fair Lady 7:30pm

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2Fair Lady 3pm

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9Fair Lady 3pm

10 11Fair Lady 1pm


13Fair Lady 7:30pm

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16Fair Lady 3pm

17 18Fair Lady 1pm


20Fair Lady 7:30pm

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23Fair Lady 3pm

24 25Fair Lady 1pm


27Fair Lady 7:30pm

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19Widow 3pm(audio described)

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2017 MELBOURNE SEASON · 2016-08-22 · lover and a cuckolded husband who makes one dangerous enemy. Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana Pagliacci Leoncavallo NEW PRODUCTION. Szymanowski