Katya Kabanova

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Event Katya Kabanova
Venue Palais Theatre, St Kilda, VIC
Umbrella Event Victorian Opera Season 2025
First Date 14 October 2025
Opening Date 14 October 2025
Last Date 16 October 2025
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Two performances. In a provincial town, Katya’s dull, loveless life is made worse by her tyrannical mother-in-law, Kabanicha. She longs for freedom and, when her husband leaves on business, she is swept into a brief but passionate romance with an outsider, Boris, who has
loved Katya from afar. When her husband returns, she finds herself tormented by her guilty conscience and the pressures of
society.
Katya Kabanova is a turbulent love story by Czech composer
Leoš Janáček that does not shy away from raw, human feeling.
Anguish, resolve, guilt and love are put on full, inescapable
display via impressive audio-visual effects and powerful
performances from the cast.
Janáček’s score is famously lyrical. Inspired by Slavic folk songs,
the score captures beauty and tragedy in equal measures and
will remain with you long after the curtain has fallen.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Music
Secondary Genre Opera
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Benjamin Sheen Assistant Director Onstage Camera Operator
Paul Batey Chorus
Darcy Carroll Chorus
Alastair Cooper-Golec Chorus
Stephen Coutts Chorus
Nicholas Cowall Chorus
Eamon Dooley Chorus
Shakira Dugan Chorus
Rachael Joyce Chorus Opera Prize recipient
Alessia Pintabona Chorus
Rebecca Rashleigh Chorus
Juel Riggall Chorus
Henry Shaw Chorus
Nicholas Sheppard Chorus
Diana Simpson Chorus
Nicole Wallace Chorus
Hannah Bullen Company Director
Leoš Janáček Composer
Alexander Briger Conductor
Melissa Serjeant Costume Co-ordinator Manager
Vannessa Roberts Costume Maker
Savanna Wegman Designer
Heather Fairbairn Director
Leoš Janáček Librettist
Niklas Pajanti Lighting Designer
Phoebe Briggs Musical Supervisor Head of Music
Susie Parks Producer
Robert Brown Production Manager Video Designer
Tom Griffiths Repetiteur
Michaela Cadwgan Singer Glascha, Opera Prize recipient
Emily Edmonds Singer Varvara
Desiree Frahn Singer Katya
Andrew Goodwin Singer Boris
Antoinette Halloran Singer Kabanicha
Douglas Kelly Singer Kudrjaš
Bailey Montgomerie Singer Kuligin, Opera Prize recipient
Belinda Paterson Singer Fekluscha & chorus
Michael Petruccelli Singer Tichon
Adrian Tamburini Singer: Bass Baritone Dikoj
Rain Iyahen Stage Manager
Finlay Pedler Stage Manager
Daniel Gosling Technical Manager
Robert Brown Video Designer
Becky Silveira Workshop Supervisor Costume
Alexander Nikolaivich Ostrovsky Writer Storm
Works
Text Nationality Czechoslovakia (1918-1992)
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information "blending stage and screen"
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Jamie Henson collection
Web
Programme Advertisement Abduction
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 211920