The Trapeze Artists

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Event The Trapeze Artists
Venue Fortune Theatre, Dunedin, New Zealand
Umbrella Event Otago Festival of the Arts
First Date 13 October 2000
Last Date 14 October 2000
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Ritchie's music sets poems by McQueen and Tuwhare in this 40-minute excursion into the wonderland of the human condition. The opera is set in the magical atmosphere of a circus. … In the circus ring, on a minimal set, a ringmaster, Judy Bellinghm, in blaring red and cracking a whip, is the catalyst for a clutch of cameo scenes enacted spunkily by two trapeze artists….
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Chamber Opera
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Anthony Ritchie Composer
Martin Phelan Consultant
Brenda Rendell Costume Designer
Louise Petherbridge Designer
Louise Petherbridge Director
Nigel Waters Lighting Operator/Technician
Anthony Ritchie Musical Director
Louise Major Musician: Bass Bass
Neil Price Musician: Percussionist
Alistair Watson Musician: Pianist
Judy Bellingham Singer Circus Woman
Alethea Chittenden Singer Woman
Matthew Leese Singer Man
Martin Phelan Technician
Nigel Waters Technician
Glenys Whittington Technician
Cilla McQueen Writer
Hone Tuwhare Writer
Text Nationality New Zealand
Production Nationality New Zealand
Further Information Libretto arranged by Louise Petherbridge from poetry by Cilla McQueen and Hone Tuwhare. Opera commissioned by Louise Petherbridge.
Event Status Completed
Event Identifier 193807
Dataset Theatre Aotearoa