His creative choices are bold the spectacle that Sydney has come to expect from this blockbuster alfresco entertainment is delivered. La boheme demonstrates Morton is not overawed by the challenge. In 2018, he’s handed the keys to Australia’s biggest stage, directing a production of his very own making. To keep up with the latest news, reviews and our own Theatre Thoughts, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.Andy Morton has been directing traffic harbourside for the last six Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour spectaculars: from Gale Edwards’ infectious Carmen in 2013, to La Fura dels Baus’ contemporary Madame Butterfly in 2014, Edwards’ brash Aida in 2015, Chen Shi-Zheng’s thoughtful Turandot in 2016 and a Carmen remount in 2017.īut in each production Morton has worked as assistant director or, last year, reviving someone else’s work. Please note this performance contains partial nudity Performed in Italian with English subtitles January 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 20, 25, 31, February 4Īpproximately 2 hours and 15 minutes including one interval Puccini’s music will soar, expressing what words alone cannot, as the curtain rises on Gale Edwards’ La Bohème one last time.Ĭonductor Lorenzo Passerini – Dec 31 – Jan 15 Paul Fitzsimon – Jan 20 – February 4 Set in 1930s Berlin, La Bohème explores the lives of four bohemians as they become entangled through love, jealousy and loss. Italian maestro Lorenzo Passerini will conduct the first half of the opera’s 2022 run, followed byoutstanding Australian conductor Paul Fitzsimon, leading the Opera Australia Orchestra, Opera Australia Chorus and Children’s Chorus. Shane Lowrencev, Richard Anderson, AndrewMoran, Clifford Plumpton, Malcolm Ede and Benjamin Rasheed complete the cast. Opera Australia principal singers Julie Lea Goodwin will reprise her successful role as Musetta and Haotian Qi will make his role debut as Marcello. Stellar Italian soprano Valeria Sepe will bring the role of Mimì to life opposite internationally successful Australian-Chinese tenor Kang Wang as the poet Rodolfo, both reprising their characters from OA’s 2020 season. Described as “a masterpiece…a feast for the eyes”, this 2011 version opened to critics claiming it’s “a dramatic and emotional journey that is at times overwhelming” as audience members experience “a truly wonderful time,” (Stage Noise). Running in the Joan Sutherland Theatre this January, this popular production will have been performed 183 times across the Sydney Opera House and Arts Centre Melbourne by the time it closes on February 4. It quickly became a crowd favourite and now feels familiar and brings a sense of comfort, which is something we all need right now, so I wanted to give our audiences the chance to see it one more time, before we present a new production in 2023,” said Lyndon. “This La Bohème was so well-received when it premiered in 2011 that we’ve started almost every year with it since. The first opera Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini commissioned for OA, this beloved telling of Puccini’s opera was created by the dream team of internationally renowned director Gale Edwards, OAM-recipient set designer Brian Thomson, Helpmann Award-winning costume designer Julie Lynch and acclaimed lighting designer John Rayment. Visitors to the Sydney Opera House this summer will have the opportunity to enjoy Gale Edwards’ much loved production of Puccini’s La Bohème for the very last time as Opera Australia announces 2022 will be its final Sydney season.
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