Unique Location for Gala Concert
This page contains details about last year’s show. Information about Victorian Opera’s programme with Richard Gill this year will be posted here soon.
AUDIENCES at Opera in the Otways will thrill to stratospheric arias and uplifting overtures performed by big baritone Roger Lemke, Columbian tenor Carlos Barcenas, rich mezzo soprano Dimity Shepherd and sensational soprano Emily Burke.
Exhilarating and timeless operas – all masterpieces dealing with love, loss, sensuality and surprise – will be showcased at the Victorian Opera performance at Cape Otway Lightstation on Saturday, November 26, 2011.
Victorian Opera’s exciting programme features works from Rossini’s Barber of Seville; Mozart’s The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro and Così fan tutte; Bizet’s Carmen; plus Verdi’s Rigoletto.
Hundreds of years after their release these works continue to resonate with contemporary audiences thanks to their flamboyant, irreverent, lively and often humorous style, which will be brought to rich life by a 12-piece orchestra led by the state opera’s musical director Richard Gill.
More than 20 works from seven operas will be performed in a natural amphitheatre with a backdrop of mainland Australia’s oldest lighthouse which overlooks the Southern Ocean & Bass Strait.
The afternoon soiree, from 2pm-6pm, in the grounds of Australia’s most significant lighthouse, will be hosted by MC and comedian Damian Callinan. The programme will feature other performers on the main stage, plus roving entertainers.
Opera in the Otways is synonymous with good food and wine. The region’s best produce, wine, beer and handmade gourmet delicacies will be available for picnics on the Lightstation lawn.
* Unfortunately, due to a lack of numbers, there will be no school choir taking part this year.
Opera in the Otways 2012
The date has been confirmed for this year’s show – Saturday, November 17.
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Richard Gill
Victorian Opera’s gala Opera in the Otways concert will be conducted by pre-eminent Australian conductor Richard Gill.
He is Victorian Opera’s music director and has been artistic director of OzOpera and chief conductor of Canberra Symphony Orchestra.
In the concert hall Gill has worked with all the major Australian orchestras. Awarded the Order of Australia medal for his services to music, Gill is respected around the world as a music educator, and known for his influential work in opera, musical theatre, vocal and choral training.
Gill is also known around the country for his appearances as chairman on the panel of judges for TV’s Operatunity Oz, and as a regular guest on ABC’s Spicks & Specks.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
