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Philip Norman  

A Christmas Carol

Duration: 1h 45' 00" Year: 1993
an opera for an ensemble of principals, chorus, dancers and orchestra

• Instrumentation
  2121; 2200; percussion; timpani; 2 keyboards; strings

Jack Body  

Alley

Duration: 1h 30' 00" Year: 1997
an opera in two acts based on the life of Rewi Alley

• Instrumentation
  orchestra, chinese instruments, baritone, actor, 2 chinese folksingers, chinese opera singer
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  • Festival '98 - ALLEY, an opera by Jack Body 

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Christopher Blake  

Bitter Calm

Duration: 1h 30' 00" Year: 1993
opera in two acts for soloists, chorus and orchestra

• Instrumentation
  2sop,1ten,2bari,SATB chorus and orchestra: (2)22(2)2(2); 2220; 2perc,timp,2keyb; strs.
• Programme Note

  Bitter Calm is a full length opera for five principals, chorus and orchestra in two acts. It is based on an incident at Motuarohia Island in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand in the 1840s. It is a drama of human passions in the contexts of land alienation and tensions between Maori and new settlers. Premiered at the New Zealand International Festival for the Arts in 1994 and filmed for television.

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  • Blake: Bitter Calm; facsimile 

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Helen Fisher  

Bone of Contention

Duration: 1h 20' 00" Year: 1993
a dance work for mezzo-soprano and ensemble

• Instrumentation
  bagpipes, cello, marimba/harp/tenor drum (1 player), violin, flute/piccolo (1 player), clarinet/bass clarinet/soprano and alto saxophones (1 player)
• Programme Note

  This dance theatre project was commissioned to celebrate the New Zealand Women’s Suffrage Centennial, and explores a range of historical and contemporary issues. It is based on documents written by Kate Shepherd and was choreographed by Susan Jordan.

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  • Fisher: Bone of Contention; facsimile 

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  • Helen Fisher: Bone of Contention  Year: 1993 

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John Drummond  

Bridge to Somewhere

Duration: 40' 00" Year: 1996
comic opera in one act

• Instrumentation
  Contralto, soprano, baritone and canary with piano accompaniment
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  • Drummond: Bridge to Somewhere; facsimile 

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Bruce Crossman  

Coat-tails Flying

Duration: 1h 18' 00" Year: 1995
three act chamber opera

John Rimmer  

Galileo

Duration: 1h 30' 00" Year: 1998
a chamber opera using for 6 singers, small chorus and 8 players, also using electroacoustic music and DVD of visuals

• Instrumentation
  Television newsreader (spoken voice), Nobelman (baritone), Castelli (tenor), Galileo (baritone), Boy/Angel (mezzo soprano), Three Priests (tenor/baritones), Heretic (baritone), Christina (soprano), Military Man (baritone), Sea Captain (baritone), Troubadour (mezzo soprano), Cardinal Bellarmino (tenor), Pope Urban VIII (bass baritone), Pope John Paul II (baritone), small chorus of townspeople; flute doubling piccolo, oboe, clarinet doubling bass clarinet, horn, piano, percussion, violin and cello. Electroacoustic music played through at least eight loudspeakers. DVD of visuals.
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  • Rimmer: Galileo; electroacoustic part 

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  • Rimmer: Galileo; computer-set 

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  • Rimmer: Galileo (visuals) 

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Felicity Williams  

Jam

Duration: 1h 00' 00" Year: 1990
musical

• Instrumentation
  voices, pf, plus jazz/rock group

Rod Biss  

Marriage a la Mode

Duration: 1h 30' 00" Year: 1991
musical based on Hogarth

• Instrumentation
  soprano, mezzo, 2 tenors ,bariton, bass, countertenor. Accomp: 2 flutes, percussion, harpsichord, strings

Gillian Whitehead  

Outrageous Fortune

Duration: 1h 58' 00" Year: 1998
a chamber opera in two acts

• Instrumentation
  Taonga puoro (Maori instruments) one, or ideally two players, flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, piano, percussion, 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos, double bass; 6 singers (soloists)
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  • Whitehead: Outrageous fortune; facsimile 

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  • Gillian Whitehead: Outrageous Fortune  Year: 1998 

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