Organization

Conductor

Simon Bruckard

Stage director

Cameron Menzies

Set designer

James Browne

Lighting designer

Eduard Ingles

Singer

Bass-baritone

Stephen Marsh

The Giant

Soprano

Saffrey Brown

Spring

Mezzo-soprano

Olivia Federow-Yemm

Winter

Stephanie Ciantar

First Fairy

Chloe Harris

Second Fairy

Eliza Bennetts O'Connor

Child 1

Tenor

Olivia White

Child 2

Sophie McGetrick

Child 3

Carmen Hammelmann

Child 4

Michael Dimovski

Snow

Baritone

Noah Ryland

Wind

Darcy Carroll

Frost

Victorian Opera

Orchestra

Orchestra Victorian Opera Chamber Ensemble

The Selfish Giant

Albert Park

Australia

Gasworks Theatre

Public

Approved

A charming snippet from 'The Selfish Giant', Victorian Opera's new Australian opera based on Oscar Wilde's fairy tale which premiered in October 2019.

The opera was created by composer Simon Bruckard and librettist Emma Muir-Smith (both former Victorian Opera Young Artists), who received a Green Room Award for New Australian Opera.

Composer and Conductor - Simon Bruckard
Libretto - Emma Muir-Smith
Director - Cameron Menzies
Set Designer - James Browne
Lighting Designer - Eduard Inglés

Cast

The Giant - Stephen Marsh
Spring - Saffrey Brown 
Winter Olivia - Federow-Yemm 
First Fairy - Stephanie Ciantar 

Second Fairy - Chloe Maree Harris 
Child 1 - Eliza Bennetts O’Connor 
Child 2 - Olivia White 
Child 3 - Sophie McGetrick 
Child 4 - Carmen Hammelmann 
Snow - Michael Dimovski 
Wind - Noah Ryland
Frost - Darcy Carroll 

Featuring members of the Victorian Opera Youth Chorus Ensemble (VOYCE) and youth opera artists.

Orchestra
Victorian Opera Chamber Orchestra

Charming melodies bring to life Wilde’s fairy tale
NEW WORK – WORLD PREMIERE

Best known for his witty comedy of manners and novella The Picture of Dorian Gray, the multi-faceted Oscar Wilde also delved into the enchanting universe of fairy tales, producing splendid creative gems such as The Selfish Giant.

This season’s Youth Opera is about the necessity of opening up to the unknown in order to enrich our lives. A grumpy giant excludes children from his garden causing it to fall into perpetual winter. Only once he finds the love and generosity to welcome back the children, does his garden flourish with life and restore his happiness.

This beautiful new opera, featuring a cast of emerging artists, comes from the brilliant creative minds of two former Victorian Opera Young Artists: composer Simon Bruckard and librettist Emma Muir-Smith.

With real musical substance and subtle humour, this entertaining work is a pure delight and will touch the hearts of audiences of any age; the young will be captivated by the funny, lovable characters, and the older audience by the clever way Wilde denounces the excesses of his epoch’s industrialisation.

English

The Selfish Giant by Bruckard, From (2019/2019), Directed by Cameron Menzies,, Conductor Simon Bruckard, Gasworks Theatre, Albert Park, Australia

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