The Cockatoos
A new opera commission by Sarah de Jong and Sarah Carradine, based on a short story by Patrick White.
A 1950s suburban Australian street...
In a house not so large as to impress thieves, but large enough to impress those who officially aren't, Olive and her husband Mick have not spoken for a decade. Olive went silent on him when he let her budgie die, and they are now locked in desperate communication through written notes. A stray cockatoo softens the decade long stand-off between husband and wife, but as more cockatoos descend, a peaceful world is tragically shattered.
This brand new V...
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The Cockatoos
A new opera commission by Sarah de Jong and Sarah Carradine, based on a short story by Patrick White.
A 1950s suburban Australian street...
In a house not so large as to impress thieves, but large enough to impress those who officially aren't, Olive and her husband Mick have not spoken for a decade. Olive went silent on him when he let her budgie die, and they are now locked in desperate communication through written notes. A stray cockatoo softens the decade long stand-off between husband and wife, but as more cockatoos descend, a peaceful world is tragically shattered.
This brand new Victorian Opera commission is an adaptation by Sarah de Jong and Sarah Carradine of a short story by esteemed Australian writer Patrick White, and will be performed at the New Ballroom, Trades Hall by the tertiary branch of Victorian Youth Opera.
"Victorian Opera is to be commended for its policy of commissioning and performing a new chamber opera each year" Sunday Herald Sun
"Victorian Youth Opera productions have comfortably segued into Melbourne's musical life and offer young people an unparalleled opportunity to experience opera from the inside" The Australian
Venue
New Ballroom, Trades Hall
Performances
10 December 8.00pm
11 December 4.00pm and 8.00pm
12 December 2.00pm and 5.00pm
Approximately 1 hour with no interval
Sung in English
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