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EUCALYPTUS (Jonathan Mills) Melbourne 2024 Desiree Frahn, Simon Meadows, Michael Petruccelli
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Eucalyptus
- Composer: Mills Jonathan
- Libretto: Meredith Oakes based on Murray Bail’s beloved novel Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Palais Theatre, St.Kilda, Melbourne, Australia
- Recorded: October 18, 2024
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Desiree Frahn, Simon Meadows, Michael Petruccelli, Samuel Dundas, Natalie Jones, Dimity Shepherd
- Conductor: Tahu Matheson
- Orchestra: Orchestra Victoria
- Chorus: Victorian Opera Chorus
- Stage Director: Michael Gow
- Stage Designer: Simone Romaniuk
- Costume Designer: Simone Romaniuk
- Lighting Designer: Trudy Dalgleish
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Victorian Opera
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
In this dappled landscape lurks both beauty and wonder. The score is mysterious and colourful, with moments of dramatic intensity and hushed beauty. The libretto by Meredith Oakes is poetic and spare.
Eucalyptus is an ageless story of love and longing, about a daughter and a father – Ellen and Holland. Ellen’s overprotective father has created a safe haven from the world – a forest of eucalypts. But is the forest a sanctuary? Or is Ellen, like Rapunzel, imprisoned? Ellen encounters a Stranger amongst her father’s trees – a storyteller with enchanting tales of far-away lands…