Past Event
The Cockatoos
10th Dec 2010 - 12th Dec 2010
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.
Approximately 1 hour with no interval and sung in English