Past Event

The Cockatoos

10th Dec 2010 - 12th Dec 2010

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Presenter: Victorian Opera
Website: http://www.ticketmaster.com.au
Event Duration: 60 minutes

Victorian Opera’s new Australian opera commission by Sarah de Jong and Sarah Carradine is based on the short story of the same name by Australian author Patrick White.

A 1960s suburban Australian street ...

In a house not so large as to impress thieves, but large enough to impress those who officially aren't, Olive and her husband Mick have not spoken for a decade. Olive went silent on him when he let her budgie die, and they are now locked in desperate communication through written notes. A stray cockatoo softens the decade long stand-off between husband and wife, but as more cockatoos descend, a peaceful world is tragically shattered.

The Cockatoos will also be performed by Victorian Youth Opera and conducted by Brett Kelly.

Approximately 1 hour with no interval and sung in English