'Tis Pity: An Opera Fantasia on Selling the Skin and the Teeth

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Event 'Tis Pity: An Opera Fantasia on Selling the Skin and the Teeth
Venue Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Southbank, VIC
First Date 4 February 2017
Last Date 8 February 2017
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description Richard Mills composes a flight of fancy on ‘selling the skin and the teeth’. A song cycle on the complexities of sex, pleasure, survival and salvation, trade transactions and razzle dazzle rouge through the ages, from Ishtar to the Internet, the vamp, the saint and the mirror, suckers and succour, preaching and pragmatism.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Other
Secondary Genre Opera
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Kanen Breen Actor and Singer
Alexander Bryce Actor and Singer
Thomas Johansson Actor and Singer
Meow Meow Actor and Singer
Patrick Weir Actor and Singer
Kate Denborough Choreographer
Richard Mills Composer
Richard Mills Conductor
Cameron Menzies Creator
Meow Meow Creator
Richard Mills Creator
Cameron Menzies Designer
Meow Meow Designer
Cameron Menzies Director
Ross Skiffington Illusionist
Cameron Menzies Librettist
Meow Meow Librettist
Richard Mills Librettist
Eduard Inglés Lighting Designer
Richard Mills Musical Arranger
Jim Atkins Sound Designer
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/events/2017/tis-pity-an-operatic-fantasia-on-selling-the-skin-and-the-teeth/
Event Identifier 137053
Dataset AusStage