Die Frau Ohne Schatten

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Event Die Frau Ohne Schatten
Venue The State Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Umbrella Event 1996 Melbourne International Festival of the Arts
First Date 20 October 1996
Opening Date 20 October 1996
Last Date 26 October 1996
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description "Conductor Simone Young swirls the Melbourne Symphony Orchesta passionately through the blasts and whispers of the score, into its gleams and shadows and across its swamps and highlands, always allowing the voices to soar above the notes or to find spaces between them." Australian Premiere
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Opera
Subjects Myth
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Richard Strauss Composer
Simone Young Conductor
Ian Falconer Costume Designer
David Hockney Designer
John Cox Director
Hugo von Hofmansthal Librettist
Linda Aitken Lighting Designer
Donn Byrnes Lighting Designer
Craig Miller Lighting Designer Original Design
Darien Sticklen Production Coordinator
Michele Bianchini Singer Spirit Messenger
Catherine Carby Singer Third Slave/Voice from above/Child Voice
John Cummins Singer First Nightwatch
Jane Edwards Singer Temple Guardian
Warwick Fyfe Singer Second Nightwatch
Warwick Fyfe Singer One-Eyed
Robert Gard Singer Hunchback
Lisa Gasteen Singer Empress
Janet Healy Singer First Slave/Child Voice
John Heuzenroeder Singer Young Man apparition
Karl Huml Singer One-Armed/Third Nightwatch
Janis Martin Singer Dyers Wife
Uta Priew Singer
Reinhild Runkel Singer Nurse
Lisa Russell Singer Second slave girl/Child Voice
Sally-Anne Russell Singer Childs voice
Heikki Suskola Singer Emperor
Nicole Youl Singer Falcon voice/Child Voice
Gregory Yurisich Singer The Dyer
Victoria Lamb Stage Manager, Assistant
Rod Scanlon Stage Manager, Assistant
Jonathan Schmalzer Stage Manager, Assistant
Fiona Boundy Stage Manager, Deputy
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Germany
Production Nationality England
United States of America
Further Information Title translation: The Woman Without Shadow. This was the Royal Opera House & LA Music Center production
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Brochure Melb Internat Fest 1996
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record November 1996
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record October 1996
Programme
Event Identifier 28883