The Excursions of Mr. Broucek

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Event The Excursions of Mr. Broucek
Venue Festival Theatre, Adelaide, SA
Umbrella Event Adelaide Festival of Arts 1974
First Date 11 March 1974
Opening Date 11 March 1974
Last Date 16 March 1974
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description This comic opera in two acts lightly and wittily satirises men and their institutions. The 'hero' of the opera, Mr Broucek, is a timid bourgeois citizen who is transported in the course of the opera, firstly to a fantasy world on the moon and then back in time to Europe in the 15th Century.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Comedy
Opera
Surrealism
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Contributors
Name Function Notes
Robert Dawe Actor
Gregory Dempsey Actor
Thomas Edmonds Actor
Paul Ferris Actor
Judith Henley Actor
Judith James Actor
Eric Maddison Actor
Brian Messner Actor
Dean Patterson Actor
Lyndon Piddington Actor
Marilyn Richardson Actor
Noel Robbins Actor
Lyndon Terracini Actor
Elizabeth Silsbury Assistant Musical Director
Leoš Janáček Composer
Ross Anderson Costume Designer
Stefan Haag Director
John Tasker Director
Svatopluk Cech Librettist
V Dyk Librettist
F S Prochazka Librettist
Patrick Thomas Musical Director
Stan Ostoja-Kotkowski Set Designer
Norman Tucker Translator
Text Nationality Czech Republic
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Performing Arts Collection of South Australia
Brochure Performing Arts Collection of South Australia
Book Through the Opera Glass
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 61986