The Nightingale

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Event The Nightingale
Venue His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, WA
First Date 3 October 2020
Last Date 4 October 2020
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Presented in association with the AWESOME Festival, Co:3 Australia, WA Youth Orchestra, WA Youth Theatre Company, WA Young Voices

The Nightingale is an opera for young people, performed by young people, for all to enjoy. Based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen the opera tells of an Emperor of China who is enchanted by the singing of a nightingale in his garden.

The Emperor of China convinces the nightingale to sing for him but when the Emperor of Japan arrives with the gift of
a mechanical nightingale, he becomes obsessed with his new toy and the real nightingale flies away.

Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Organisations
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web https://www.waopera.asn.au/show/the-nightingale/
Event Identifier 148528