AvaTära - The Opera

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Event AvaTära - The Opera
Venue Space 28, Southbank, VIC
First Date 16 April 2009
Opening Date 16 April 2009
Last Date 19 April 2009
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Begun as a song-writing project with composer and music therapist Emma O'Brien and five cancer patients from the Royal Melbourne Hospital, avaTära - The Opera honours the personal stories of its original participants and offers a window into the lives of those living with cancer while challenging established conceptions of disease, health and medicine.
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Opera
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Emma O'Brien Composer
Mark Shiell Conductor
Ina Shanahan Designer
Robert Draffin Director
Emma O'Brien Executive Producer
Emma O'Brien Librettist
Gwendolyna Holmberg-Gilchrist Lighting Designer
Michael Bishop Performer
Ian Cousins Performer
Judith Dodsworth Performer
Andrea Katz Performer
Emma O'Brien Performer
Olivia O'Brien Performer
Merlyn Quaife Performer
Anne Frankenberg Producer
Sarah Kriegler Puppeteer
Jacob Williams Puppeteer
Gwendolyna Holmberg-Gilchrist Stage Manager
Nic Synot Tour Manager
Ivanka Sokol Video Director
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Malthouse connection unknown
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web Malthouse E-News
Event Identifier 80921
Dataset AusStage