Batavia (opera)

Batavia (opera)

Batavia is an opera in three acts and a prologue by Richard Mills to a libretto by Peter Goldsworthy,commissioned by Opera Australia. The plot is based on the historical events surrounding the Dutchsailing ship Batavia.

The opera premiered on 11 May 2001 at the State Theatre (Melbourne) for the Centenaryof Federation Festival. It received three Helpmann Awards and six Green Room Awards.The work lasts for about three hours and ten minutes with one interval. The CD recording was captured at the State Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, on the 11th & 13th May, 2001. [Cite_web
url = http://www.amcoz.com.au/opac/Detail.aspx?id=20216
title = Australian Music Centre Catalogue
accessdate = 2009-09-11
publisher = Australian Music Centre] [Cite_web
url = http://www.opera-australia.org.au/opera/oaweb.nsf/lookups/BATAVIA-OPER-?opendocument
title = Batavia
accessdate = 2007-09-11
author = Opera Australia
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year = 2006]

ee also

Lord of the Flies

cite web
url = http://australianscreen.com.au/titles/wreck-batavia/
title = Film: The Wreck of the Batavia (1973) by Bruce Beresford
accessdate = 2007-09-11
last = Parer
first = Damien
publisher = australianscreen

References

*Whipping up a storm, composing Batavia: an interview with Richard Mills / Anna Goldsworthy. In: Context (Summer 2000/2001), Issue: 20, 43-50 [http://www.amcoz.com.au/opac/Detail.aspx?id=2069]

External links

cite web
url = http://members.ozemail.com.au/~ozartsreview/Concerts/batavia.html
title = Batavia (A review)
accessdate = 2007-09-11
last = Cohn
first = Neville
year = 2004
publisher = OZartsreview

For a synopsis and review of the Melbourne premiere performance, see [http://chrisboyd.blogspot.com/2006/08/opera-australia-batavia-by-richard.html by Chris Boyd, 19 May 2001, Australian Financial Review] .

For a synopsis and review of the Perth performance, see [http://www.andante.com/article/article.cfm?id=23134 Could This Be The Great Australian Opera? by Sandra Bowdler, (February 2004)] .


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