In this family-friendly opera, a trickster lyrebird gets in trouble with their friends in the flock. The other birds banish the lyrebird and curse them: never again will the lyrebird be able to use their own voice. From now on, it’s mimicry only.
Alone in the bush, the lyrebird meets a quirky assortment of Australian animals, where they discover the power of being different. With performances in the outer suburban ring of Melbourne, audiences will meet beetles, a wombat, a kangaroo, a ringtail possum, a jittery emu, all manner of native birds, and a cunning cat.
This sweet story was developed by Peter Rutherford and six youth participants of the New Work Opera Studio 2023.
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CREATIVE TEAM
Conductor: Carlos del Cueto
Director: Elizabeth Hill-Cooper
Designer Ishan Vivekanantham
CAST
Lyrebird: Michaela Cadwgan*
Lord Emu: Douglas Kelly
Duchess of Wattle: Alessia Pintabona**
Duke of Wattle: Martyn Arends
Lord Kookaburra: Bailey Montgomerie***
Lady Lorikeet/Lyrebird: Rachael Joyce***
Lady Rosella: Millie Brake
Dame Scarlet: Ashley Chua
Dame Spinebill/Lady Lorikeet: Chloe Taylor
Dame Yellow-Tuft: Erin Absalom
Kitcat: Brittney Northcott
Kogga Kangaroo: Isaac Burgess
Emma Echidna: Tessa McKenna
Wozza Wombat: Leyland Jones
Christmas Beetle: Sophie McGetrick
Dung Beetle: Samantha Anderson-Mayes
Eucalyptus Beetle/Dame Spinebill: Sarah Amos
Lady Beetle: Mia Koutsoumidis
ENSEMBLE
Phoebe Tait, Zoe Lancaster
*Michaela Cadwgan is proudly supported by
Mary Davidson & Family of the late Frederick Davidson AM
**Alessia Pintabona is generously supported by
Joy Selby Smith
***Emerging Artist Opera Prize winners proudly supported by
Dr Michael Stubbs and Malcolm Roberts
ORCHESTRA
Victorian Opera Chamber Orchestra
Find out more:
https://www.victorianopera.com.au/.../the-lyrebirds-voice-2/
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