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Event

Cavalleria Rusticana

Venue

BlackBox , Melbourne, VIC

Umbrella Event

Opera Australia's Melbourne Autumn Season

First Date

19 March 2002

Opening Date

19 March 2002

Last Date

13 April 2002

Dates Estimated

Yes

Status

Professional

World Premiere

Part of a Tour

Yes

Description

Andrew Sinclair has moved the time of the opera from a Calabrian Feast of the Assumption to immediate post-World War II Italy, honouring the cinema styles of film noir and Italian neo-realism.

Description Source

Reviewer's Opinion

Primary Genre

Music

Secondary Genre

Opera

Organisations

Opera Australia, Presenting Company
Australia Council for the Arts, Sponsor
SAAB Automobile Australia, Sponsor
Yamaha, Sponsor

Contributors

Name	Function	Notes
Brian Castles-Onion	Assistant Conductor
Cathy Dadd	Assistant Director
Michael Black	Concert Master
Karen Kamensek	Conductor
Victoria Rowell	Costume Designer
Andrew Sinclair	Director
Donn Byrnes	Lighting Designer
Shaun Gurton	Set Designer
Rosemary Gunn	Singer
Roxane Hislop	Singer
Michael Lewis	Singer
Arax Mansourian	Singer

Resources

Review: Agenda, 24 March 2002, 9
Review: Chris Boyd, Australian Financial Review, 23 March 2002, 69
Review: John Slavin, The Culture, 18 March 2002, 5
Review: Michael Easton, The Herald Sun, 22 March 2002, 93
Review: Peter Burch, The Australian, 18 March 2002, 15

Works

Cavalleria Rusticana

Event Status

Completed

Event Identifier

14777

Dataset

AusStage