The Love of the Nightingale

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Event The Love of the Nightingale
Venue Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Umbrella Event Victorian Opera Season 2007
First Date 27 July 2007
Opening Date 27 July 2007
Last Date 29 July 2007
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description A chamber opera collaboration between Australian composer Richard Mills and British playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker. Derived from a 3,000 year old myth in which two sisters are taken from their home in Athens to Thrace, where their separate stories of love, cruelty and revenge unfold.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Opera
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Margrete Helgeby Assistant Director
Richard Mills Composer
Roger Jonsson Concert Master
Richard Gill AM Conductor
Kate Hawley Costume Designer
Lindy Hume Director
Robert Shook Fight Director
Timberlake Wertenbaker Librettist
Nigel Levings Lighting Designer
Dan Potra Set Designer
Ranil Cabraal Singer Itys
Elizabeth Campbell Singer Niobe/Nurse/Narrator
Annabelle Chaffey Singer Helen/Phaedra
Sarah Cole Singer Iris/chorus
Sarah Crane Singer Hero
Samuel Dundas Singer Soldier 2
James Egglestone Singer Captain/Hippolytus/Narrator
Roxane Hislop Singer June/Queen
Anke Hoppner Singer Procue
Leanne Kenneally Singer Philomele
Adrian McEniery Singer Soldier 1/King Pandion
Douglas McNicol Singer Tereus
Katrina Sheppeard Singer Echo/Aphrodite
Karen Farmer Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Two performances. Male chorus of 4.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
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Programme
Newspaper Arts Listing
Brochure
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 71355