Pecan Summer at Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall

Dates: (9/12/2016 )

Theatre:

Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall

Bennelong Point
Sydney,New South Wales NSW 2000

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Tickets: $35.00 - $140.00

Running Time: Approximately 85 minutes, no interval

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Sixty thousand years of Yorta Yorta history. 70 years of dispossession. The summer of 1939 will change the lives of the people of Cummeragunja forever. Alice is nine years old. Her family is her entire world. Alice's world is about to be torn apart.

Opportunities to view Australia's history through an Indigenous lens are rare in the world of opera. Cheetham's Pecan Summer is a landmark opera for the 21st century, a contemporary opera for Indigenous Australians, a story for all Australians.

"This is a milestone in Australian opera. It should be widely seen both here and overseas, for a number of reasons. Firstly, because it is good. It is also a wonderful vehicle showcasing an amazing array of Indigenous operatic talent. It tells an important story which has relevance to all Australians, and anywhere where there are minority communities who have suffered at the hands of an oppressive majority. Bravi to all involved, and brava, Deborah Cheetham."

Sandra Bowdler, Opera Britannia, 14/9/12

"That Pecan Summer is a highly important work for this country, both creatively and culturally, seems undeniable… Deborah Cheetham is to be commended as writer, composer, singer and director; but she is also to be championed for addressing, head-on via this opera's simple but powerful storytelling, a deep wound in the Australian psyche surrounding the Stolen Generations."

An Opera for all Seasons. Part 2, Graham Strahle, Music Australia 31/07/14

Cast and Creative team for Pecan Summer at Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall

Score and Libretto Deborah Cheetham AO
Conductor Dr David Kram
Director Cameron Menzies
Art Concept Wayne Quilliam
Design Ample Projects
Costumes Alexis de Silva

Ella Deborah Cheetham AO
Old Alice Shauntai Batzke
Young Alice Jessica Hitchcock
James John Wayne Parsons
McGuiggan/The Vagrant Barry Ryan OAM
Bill Eddie Muliaumaseali'i
The Minister's Wife Rosamund Illing
The Minister/Michael Jonathon Welch AM
Gomuka Jennifer Williams
Dunatpan Sermsah Bin Saad
Young Man 1 Michael Butchard
Young Man 2 Simon Lobelson
Young Woman Laura King
Jimmy Eddie Bryant
Elizabeth Vonda Last
Frances Minjarra Atkinson
Mrs Joyce Patricia Oakley
Mrs Harrison Linda Barcan
The Daughter Caiti Easton
The Reporters Karen Cummings, Caroline Vercoe

Short Black Opera Company Ensemble Jub Clerc, Crystal Clyne, Billie Court, Tori Oakley, Rachael Woods, Krystal West, Michael Smith, Robert Taylor, Jalen Sutcliffe, Marcus Corrowa, Eric Avery.

Dhungala Children's Choir Regina Blurton, Trinity Crumpen Winmar, Bianca Dallen, Georgia Durmush, Rachel Durmush, Piper Knox, Abe Knox, Dana McDonald, Cody, Mohamed, Yalanda O'Brien, Jerrica Pevitt, Darcy Pierce, Tallara Saunders, Lillie Walker, Louise Walker, Jemimah Williams

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