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Constantine Koukias Sparks Theremin Morse Antonín Dvořák Robyn Archer New World Symphony Ihos Music Theatre Opera West Australian Opera Australian Opera 1856 1943 2003
Tesla – Lightning in His Hand is a large-scale opera about Serbian American engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), composed by Constantine Koukias, libretto by Marianne Fisher. WORLD PREMIERE SEASON 10 Days on the Island Festival 2003 Music & Direction: Constantine Koukias Conductor: Jean Louis Forestier Production director: Werner Ihlenfeld Production designer: Maria Kunda Artist in light: Hugh McSpedden The work, sponsored by the John Holland Group, was staged in a massive 160 meter long shed on Hobart's docks, where the Tesla coils put on a "spectacular display of electron sparks". The opera depicts Tesla's life as a series of reversals of fortunes. The two-hour work, sung in English, is in two parts and features a bass, a tenor, a bass-baritone, two sopranos, seven musicians (including a theremin player) and a large male choir. Also audible are clattering typewriters, pigeons (in later life Tesla was deeply affected by the death of a specific white pigeon), Morse code and fragments of Antonín Dvořák's New World Symphony. It also included two Tesla coil as props at its premiere. A warning was issued in the program to audience members who might be wearing "pace-makers, hearing aids, or any form of electric, magnetic, mechanical or metallic implant or prosthetic device". The full opera was produced in 2003 by IHOS Music Theatre and Opera. It was originally commissioned by the West Australian Opera and developed over three years through two staged "works in development". Creator and original Artistic Director of Tasmania's 10 Days on the Island Festival, Robyn Archer, commissioned the full opera to open the festival in 2003.
Britten Anthony Dean Griffey Katie Van Kooten Houston Grand Opera Australian Opera West Australian Opera 2009
Britten: Peter Grimes - New Production Oct 29, 7:30 p.m. | Oct 31, 2 p.m. | Nov 6, 7:30 p.m. | Nov 10, 7:30 p.m. | Nov 12, 7:30 p.m. Purchase tickets online at (http•••) or call 713-228-6737 The mysterious death of an apprentice ignites the town's suspicions against the fisherman Peter Grimes (Anthony Dean Griffey). School-mistress Ellen Orford (Katie Van Kooten) is his only ally. Peter Grimes brings to the stage the human struggle of the individual versus the masses against the backdrop of the raging sea. Directed by Tony Award nominee Neil Armfield (Exit the King / Broadway 2009), this HGO co-production of Britten's masterpiece garnered enthusiastic accolades at its Australian premiere. Houston Grand Opera Music Director Patrick Summers conducts. A co-production of Opera Australia, Houston Grand Opera, West Australian Opera and Perth International Arts Festival.
West Australian Opera Australian Opera Mozart James Clayton Clayton Emma Matthews Matthews Gounod Halloran Teddy Tahu Rhodes Rhodes Natalie Aroyan Kate Miller Heidke Rossini Barber Covent Garden 1300 2015
In 2015, West Australia Opera will present a year of landmark operas. At His Majesty’s Theatre, we present Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (14 – 25 July) from Helpmann Award winning director Neil Armfield and featuring James Clayton as Figaro and Perth native Emma Matthews as Susanna. Followed by David McVicar’s Royal Opera House, Covent Garden production of Gounod’s Faust (29 Oct – 7 Nov), starring American tenor Patrick O’Halloran as Faust, Teddy Tahu Rhodes as Méphistophélès and Natalie Aroyan as Marguerite. In association with Perth International Arts Festival, we present the Australian exclusive of Anthony Minghella’s critically acclaimed Madama Butterfly and The Rabbits, composed by and featuring award-winning Australian vocalist Kate Miller-Heidke. March 6 at Supreme Court Gardens, we present Rossini’s rollicking The Barber of Seville at City of Perth’s Opera in the Park, again featuring James Clayton as Figaro and Emma Matthews in the role of Rosina. 2015 subscriptions and single tickets on sale now from ticketek.com.au or call 1300 795 012.
West Australian Opera Australian Opera West Australian Symphony Orchestra Antoinette Halloran Teddy Tahu Rhodes Rhodes Paul O Neill Neill Maunder 2017
West Australian Opera presents TOSCA at His Majesty's Theatre 28, 30 March and 1, 4, 6, 8 April Tickets at Ticketek Featuring Antoinette Halloran, Teddy Tahu Rhodes and Paul O'Neill Directed by Stuart Maunder, Conduced by Brad Cohen West Australian Opera Chorus and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra
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