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22 June 2001 – 7 July 2001June 2001
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5, 6, 7 July
Details
- Playwright
- Julian Mitchell
- Director
- David Meadows
AddressDolphin Theatre, UWA Campus, Nedlands
LIGHTS! OPERA ! ACTION!
It is 1879. Giuseppe Verdi (Cliff Gillam), ItalyÂ’s greatest and most beloved composer, has not written an opera for nearly a decade.
What is to be done?
VerdiÂ’s closest associates, publisher Giulio Ricordi (Jonathan Beckett), and conductor Franco Faccio (Mark Blades), are determined to get
the Maestro working again. With the aid of VerdiÂ’s wife Giuseppina
(Celia Andrews), they conspire to team him with brilliant operatic
wordsmith Arrigo Boito (Martin Forsey), and the greatest tragic
opera ever written -- “Otello” -- is conceived.
But trouble is looming. Boito hasnÂ’t always had nice things to say about Verdi. And at 66 years of age, the man himself isnÂ’t sure he can cut it anymore.
Who said art was easy?
The Graduate Dramatic Society presents Julian MitchellÂ’s funny and fascinating play-with-music, After Aida.
Staged to commemorate the centennial of VerdiÂ’s death, five actors, five opera singers, and one pianist will join forces to tell the amazing behind-the-scenes true story of the creation of VerdiÂ’s masterpiece, Otello.
Seamlessly blending music and drama, this is a charming, witty, thoroughly engaging evening of entertainment.
“...conceived with wit and clarity, written with singular style... infused with quality!” - (Western Mail, UK)
This production features five of PerthÂ’s finest opera singers... soprano Gosia Slawomirski, mezzo-soprano Jacqueline Auty, tenors Duncan Jack and Robert Littlewood (who won the Best Actor prize at the ITA DramaFest 2000, for "Mozart & Salieri"), and bass-baritone Mark Alderson ... who will punctuate the action of the play with excerpts from some of VerdiÂ’s greatest operas, including Aida, Rigoletto, Ernani, Macbeth, and -- of course -- Otello, with accompaniment from music director Patricia Walmsley.
Check out the preview in The West.
It is 1879. Giuseppe Verdi (Cliff Gillam), ItalyÂ’s greatest and most beloved composer, has not written an opera for nearly a decade.
What is to be done?
VerdiÂ’s closest associates, publisher Giulio Ricordi (Jonathan Beckett), and conductor Franco Faccio (Mark Blades), are determined to get
the Maestro working again. With the aid of VerdiÂ’s wife Giuseppina
(Celia Andrews), they conspire to team him with brilliant operatic
wordsmith Arrigo Boito (Martin Forsey), and the greatest tragic
opera ever written -- “Otello” -- is conceived.
But trouble is looming. Boito hasnÂ’t always had nice things to say about Verdi. And at 66 years of age, the man himself isnÂ’t sure he can cut it anymore.
Who said art was easy?
The Graduate Dramatic Society presents Julian MitchellÂ’s funny and fascinating play-with-music, After Aida.
Staged to commemorate the centennial of VerdiÂ’s death, five actors, five opera singers, and one pianist will join forces to tell the amazing behind-the-scenes true story of the creation of VerdiÂ’s masterpiece, Otello.
Seamlessly blending music and drama, this is a charming, witty, thoroughly engaging evening of entertainment.
“...conceived with wit and clarity, written with singular style... infused with quality!” - (Western Mail, UK)
This production features five of PerthÂ’s finest opera singers... soprano Gosia Slawomirski, mezzo-soprano Jacqueline Auty, tenors Duncan Jack and Robert Littlewood (who won the Best Actor prize at the ITA DramaFest 2000, for "Mozart & Salieri"), and bass-baritone Mark Alderson ... who will punctuate the action of the play with excerpts from some of VerdiÂ’s greatest operas, including Aida, Rigoletto, Ernani, Macbeth, and -- of course -- Otello, with accompaniment from music director Patricia Walmsley.
Check out the preview in The West.
Bookings
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