The Ghost Wife

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Event The Ghost Wife
Venue Odeon Theatre, Norwood, SA
Umbrella Event The Telstra Adelaide Festival 2000
First Date 15 March 2000
Opening Date 15 March 2000
Last Date 19 March 2000
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description Perhaps the closest of all our Australian Music Theatre works to the Chamber Opera form, this is a first opera for composer Jonathan Mills and award-winning poet Dorothy Porter. This dark dramatic work explores the isolation and danger of the Australian outback through the particular isolation and dread fantasy of a woman left alone.
In The Thereal Eye Jonathan Mills forecast his explorations with built percussion, and in his first opera this takes on startling proportions as the set itself incorporates much of the highly inventive scoring. Uniquely Australian in its themes, The Ghost Wife
Description Source Brochure
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Contemporary
Opera
Chamber Play
Subjects Isolated communities
Women
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Barbara Baynton Author
Jonathan Mills Composer
Stephen Curtis Designer
Dorothy Porter Librettist
Richard Gill AM Musical Director
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Based on The Chosen Vessel by Barbara Baynton
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Brochure Telstra Adelaide Festival 2000 guide
Event Identifier 100442