Name: Eucalyptus
Start: 2024-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Palais Theatre

Organization

Admin

Victorian Opera

Orchestra

Orchestra Victoria

Conductor

Instrumentalist (+2)

Tahu Matheson

Stage director

Michael Gow

Set designer

Simone Romaniuk

Costume designer

Soprano

Desiree Frahn

Ellen

Bass-baritone

Simon Meadows

Holland

Tenor

Michael Petruccelli

The Stranger

Baritone

Samuel Dundas

Cave

Natalie Jones

Sprunt Sisters

Mezzo-soprano

Dimity Shepherd

Chorus master

Opera Australia

Perth International Arts Festival

Brisbane Festival

Lighting designer

Trudy Dalgleish

Palais Theatre

Chorus

Victorian Opera Chorus

Richard Mills

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Eucalyptus

Melbourne

Australia

Eucalyptus Mills, Jonathan

Staged

Opera

Sharan Allad

Approved

Ahead of Victorian Opera's performances of Eucalyptus: The Opera on October 16-19, soprano Desiree Frahn discusses the complexity of her character Ellen, the…

In this dappled landscape lurks both beauty and wonder. The score is mysterious and colourful, with moments of dramatic intensity and hushed beauty. The libretto by Meredith Oakes is poetic and spare.

Eucalyptus is an ageless story of love and longing, about a daughter and a father – Ellen and Holland. Ellen’s overprotective father has created a safe haven from the world – a forest of eucalypts. But is the forest a sanctuary? Or is Ellen, like Rapunzel, imprisoned? Ellen encounters a Stranger amongst her father’s trees – a storyteller with enchanting tales of far-away lands…

Renowned Australian playwright Michael Gow directs this co-production for Victorian Opera, Opera Australia and the Perth and Brisbane Festivals, with designs by Simone Romaniuk. Desiree Frahn and Simon Meadows create the roles of Ellen and Holland, with Orchestra Victoria and the Victorian Opera Chorus conducted by Tahu Matheson.

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