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Event

Batavia

Venue

The State Theatre, Melbourne, VIC

First Date

11 May 2001

Opening Date

11 May 2001

Last Date

13 May 2001

Dates Estimated

Status

Professional

World Premiere

Description

A new opera by Richard Mills based on the wreck of the Batavia off the Western Australian coast in 1629. "A story of the nature of evil - of human nature - and the possibility of faith and redemption."

Description Source

Press Release

Primary Genre

Music Theatre

Secondary Genre

Opera

Organisations

Opera Australia, Production Company
Oz Opera, Production Company
Federation Festival, Melbourne 2001, Presenting Company
Melbourne International Festival Of The Arts, Presenting Company
State Orchestra of Victoria, [Unknown], Orchestra
Opera Australia Melbourne Chorus, [Unknown], Chorus

Contributors

Name	Function	Notes
Richard Mills	Composer
Richard Mills	Conductor
Dan Potra	Designer
David Freeman	Director
Peter Goldsworthy	Librettist
Rory Dempster	Lighting Designer
Jamie Allen	Singer
Elizabeth Campbell	Singer
Anke Hoppner	Singer
Michael Lewis	Singer
Bruce Martin	Singer
Emma Matthews	Singer
Barry Ryan	Singer
John Bolton Wood	Singer

Resources

Review: Agenda, 20 May 2001, 12
Review: Andrew Scott, The Sunday Herald Sun, 13 May 2001, 92
Review: Chris Boyd, Financial Review, 19 May 2001, 10
Review: John Slavin, Today, 14 May 2001, 5
Review: Peter Burch, The Australian, 14 May 2001, 15
Review: Robin Usher, The Sunday Age, 13 May 2001, 10
Review: Xenia Hanusiak, The Herald Sun, 14 May 2001, 98

Text Nationality

Australia

Production Nationality

Australia

Further Information

2 performances

Event Status

Completed

Data Source

Source	Description
Brochure	PROMPT Collection. National Library of Australia
Programme	PROMPT Collection. National Library of Australia

Event Identifier

1644

Dataset

AusStage