1988

A chamber opera focusing on the Italian migration to Melbourne in the 1960s

By:

• Gillian Whitehead

Duration:

2h 00' 00"

Instrumentation:

soprano, tenor, baritone (or 2), 7 women, 3 men; orchestra: (1)1,1,(1)1(1),0; 1110; percussion, keyboard (piano and celeste); string quintet

Contents:

Two acts

Samples

Score (807k)

Pages 2, 16, 23, 76, 84, 109 and 135

© Gillian Whitehead

Availability

• This work has a score and a resource

Text Note:

Text by Anna Maria dell'Oso

Commissioned:

Commissioned by the Festival of Perth and Western Australia Opera Company with funding from the Department for the Arts of the West Australian Government

Difficulty:

Advanced

Influences

• Travel