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DIDO AND AENEAS<br />
SPIEGELTENT, <strong>WAAPA</strong> LAWNS<br />
Henry Purcell’s famous opera Dido and Aeneas, a poignant tale<br />
of ill-fated lovers, is restored to its original musical dimensions<br />
by Australian pianist and conductor, Geoffrey Lancaster.<br />
The earliest surviving libretto for the work, dating from 1689,<br />
contains material for which the music has been lost, including<br />
an entire Prologue, a chorus at the end of Act 2, eight dances<br />
and a spoken Epilogue. Now, thanks to Lancaster's sensitive<br />
reconstruction of the missing music, audiences can savour this<br />
classic English three-act opera in its miraculous entirety.<br />
Director Glenda Linscott<br />
Music Director Geoffrey Lancaster AM<br />
Choreographer Andries Weidemann<br />
Performed by Classical Vocal, Music and Dance students<br />
MAY<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
2 3 4 5<br />
7.30pm<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/<br />
Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 16 February<br />
Public 23 February<br />
ALBERT HERRING<br />
GEOFF GIBBS THEATRE<br />
Albert Herring contains some of Britten’s wittiest musical<br />
writing, exploring parody and caricature to the full. The<br />
comic chamber opera is set at the turn of the 20th century<br />
in an imaginary East Suffolk town called Loxford. No virtuous<br />
women can be found in Loxford so the meek and mild Albert<br />
Herring is chosen and crowned the town’s first ‘May King’.<br />
However, Albert is less than delighted with his new title<br />
and dreams of rebellion. Frustrated by small-town morals<br />
and gossip, Albert decides to set matters straight after a<br />
rum‐laced lemonade or two at the May Day celebrations,<br />
setting off with his prize money on a night of debauchery.<br />
Albert Herring is one of the most endearing, light-hearted<br />
and outright funny operas you will ever see.<br />
Music by Benjamin Britten<br />
Libretto by Eric Crozier, based on Guy de Maupassant's novella<br />
Le Rosier de Madame Husson<br />
Director Thomas de Mallet Burgess<br />
Music Director David Wickham<br />
Performed by Classical Vocal students and Faith Court Orchestra<br />
OCTOBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
10 11 12 13 14 15<br />
7.30pm<br />
Tickets<br />
$42 Full<br />
$37 Concession/<br />
Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
OPERA! THE OPERA<br />
ROUNDHOUSE THEATRE<br />
The world premiere of Opera! The Opera brings together<br />
a new story and some of the greatest operatic music ever<br />
written. What Shrek did for fairytales, Opera! The Opera<br />
does for this amazing passionate artform. Featuring the<br />
voices of the postgraduate Classical Vocal students and a<br />
cast of characters including Don Giovanni, Leperello, Rodolfo,<br />
Tosca, Zerlina, Scarpia, a chorus of Hebrew slaves and<br />
a convent of nuns… Opera! The Opera is a heart‐warming<br />
comedy from ABC broadcaster and conductor Guy Noble.<br />
Written and devised by Guy Noble<br />
Director Brendan Hanson<br />
Music Directors Guy Noble and David Wickham<br />
Performed by Postgraduate Classical Vocal students<br />
26<br />
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2015<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
11 12<br />
14 15 16 17<br />
7.30pm<br />
Tickets<br />
$37 Full<br />
$33 Concession/<br />
Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
OPERA<br />
27
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