Name: A Christmas Carol
Start: 2022-12-14T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Palais Theatre

Organization

Stage director

Emma Muir-Smith

Conductor

Phoebe Briggs

Singer

Samuel Dundas

Ebenezer Scrooge

Simon Meadows

Marley’s Ghost

Ghost of Present

Schoolmaster

Old Joe

Antoinette Halloran

Freda

Ghost of Past

James Egglestone

Bob Cratchit

Fezziwig

Freda’s Husband

Young Debtor

Dominica Matthews

Belle

Mrs Fezziwig

Mrs Cratchit

Mrs Dilber

Set designer

Claudia Mirabello

Costume designer

Bridget Milesi

Lighting designer

Richard Vabre

Sound designer

Jim Atkins

Victorian Opera

Orchestra

Orchestra Victoria

English

A Christmas Carol

Melbourne

Australia

Palais Theatre

The spirit of the festive season will shine brightly in a new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Ebenezer Scrooge, the Ghosts of Christmas’ Past, Present, and Yet to Come, as well as Tiny Tim and the Cratchit Family, are transported from 19th century London to contemporary Melbourne in a sparkling reimagination of this timeless tale.

Composer Graeme Koehne (Love Burns) and writer Anna Goldsworthy (The Magic Pudding – The Opera) realise Dickens’ story about the importance of love, compassion and generosity as a new Australian opera for us all. With Koehne’s flair for lastingly memorable melodies alongside Goldsworthy’s gift for storytelling, A Christmas Carol will warm your heart at its world premiere in December 2022.

A Christmas Carol Koehne

Public

Approved

Production booklet

Further reading