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River Lavalle
a chamber opera
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About
River Lavalle is a chamber opera for six singers and eight instrumentalists (including a sound effects operator) presented as a 1940s style radio play detective story with an underlying environmental theme.
Commissioned note
Libretto written as part of the University of Otago Burns Fellowship. Music written as part of the University of Otago Mozart Fellowship.
Text note
Libretto by Fiona Farrell
Performance history
29 Jan 2012: Performed at the Allen Hall, University of Otago, Dunedin.
Cast: Helen Acheson (River), Joel Amosa (Billy), Morag Atchison (Bubbles), Elisha Fai-Hulton (Monica), Harry Love (Joe), Lawrence Mossman (Sam)
Ensemble: Tessa Petersen (concertmaster), Peter Adams, Kirsten Bevin, Sarah Claman, Hannah Cone, Robbie Ellis, Anna Petersen, Matt Wilson.
10 Feb 2024: Songs for Helen