| Author(s) |
Smith, Paul
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| Publication Date |
2015-07
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| Abstract |
<b>First performance of this work:</b><br>2015: Hobart Town Hall, Festival of Voices by Blush Opera<br><b>Other performances of this work:</b><br>2015: Hayes Theatre Co, Potts Point, New Music Network Mini Series Program by Blush Opera<br>2017: Big Theatre, Bondi Paviliion by Blush Opera<br><b>Commissioned in part by the New Music Network</b>
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| Abstract |
This opera responds to the question of how chamber opera can involve aspects of the cabaret aesthetic. The opera is a dark satire of many character and narrative opera tropes and mediates them through the cabaret aesthetic mixed with humour, slight-of-hand, physical comedy and burlesque. The opera has been performed in bars, cabaret venues and small theatres which contribute to its cabaret aesthetic. The show challenges traditional female relationships in opera and centres on the body of a dead man instead of a dead woman as so many canonic operas do.
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| Language |
en
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| Publisher |
Australian Music Centre
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| Title |
Fancy Me Dead
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| Type of document |
Original Creative Works - Other
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| Entity Type |
Publication
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