Stage - opera

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Peter Pan (2015 - 17)

65 mins

Opera

Text: Sue Smith (libretto)

Roles: Mrs Darling (soprano; Wendy (soprano); Peter Pan (mezzo/treble); Captain Hook (sprechstimme)

Smaller roles: drawn from the chorus

SSAA Chorus

clarinet (=bass clar), violin, harp, percussion (one player), electronics

Commissioned by Kim Williams for Gondwana Choirs

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Rembrandt’s Wife (2007-09)

75 mins

Opera

Text: Sue Smith (libretto)

Roles:
Saskia van Uylenburgh (soprano)
Henrickje Stoffels (soprano)
Geertje Dircx (mezzo-soprano)
Govert Flinck (tenor)
Rembrandt van Rijn (bass-baritone)
Titus van Rijn (non-singing child)

Five other small roles may all be taken by the tenor who sings Flinck

N.B. Saskia and Hendrickje may be sung by the same soprano

1(=picc, alto fl)-0-1(=bass cl)-1(=contrabsn) / 1-0-0-0 / 1 perc / hp / 0-0-1-1-1

Commissioned by Victorian Opera

First performance by Victorian Opera;
Gary Rowley (Rembrandt van Rijn), Jacqueline Porter (Saskia van Uylenburgh/Hendrickje Stoffels), Roxane Hislop (Geertje Dircx), Paul Biencourt (Govert Flinck/Torquiunius/Judge etc.), Richard Gill (conductor), Talya Masel (director), Adam Gardnir (designer)
Merlyn Theatre, CUB Malthouse, Melbourne, 18 April 2009

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Poe (1981-83)

90 mins

opera

Text: Graham Devlin (libretto)

Principal roles: Edgar Allan Poe (bass-baritone), Virginia Clemm (soprano), Elizabeth Poe (soprano), Rufus Griswold (bass), Frances Allan/Maria Clemm (mezzo-soprano), John Allan (baritone), other roles: S-Ms-A-T-Bar-B

2(=picc)-0-1(=bass cl)-0 / 1-2-2-0 / 1 perc / hp / pno(=cel) / elec org(=hpsd) / 0-0-0-2-1

First performance by the Australian Opera (National Opera Workshop): Garrick Jones (Poe), Keith Hempton (Griswold), Luise Napier (Virginia Clemm), Rosemary Gunn (Frances Allan/Maria Clemm), Bernadette Cullen, Nicola Ferner-Waite (Literary Ladies), Gregory Tomlinson, John Antoniou, Clifford Grant (Pressgang/Washington Senators), Gordon Kember (conductor), Brian FitzGerald and John Wregg (producers), Neil Tapner (designer), Broadwalk Studio, Sydney Opera House, 1 November 1985

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