Gilgamesh Opera Australia & Sydney Chamber Opera
Gilgamesh Opera Australia & Sydney Chamber Opera
Gilgamesh Opera Australia & Sydney Chamber Opera
Gilgamesh
The ancient and contemporary collide to dazzling effect in this world premiere, marking the first time Opera Australia has collaborated with Sydney Chamber Opera.
Gilgamesh is the first opera in English based on humanity’s oldest written epic poem. Emerging from ancient Mesopotamian mythology, it tells of a restless young king who, through experiences of love and loss, becomes a better person. His unexpected love for a half man, half animal leads him wide-eyed into mysterious realms.
Composed by Sydney Chamber Opera‘s Artistic Director, Jack Symonds, and brought to Carriageworks’ vast performance space by visionary director Kip Williams (Sydney Theatre Company’s The Picture of Dorian Gray), Gilgamesh is an epic that must be experienced.
★★★★★
“Composer Jack Symonds, librettist Louis Garrick and director Kip Williams have reforged an ancient epic into modern theatre of tumult and transcendence, rage and tenderness, destruction and creation.”
– The Sydney Morning Herald
Images by Daniel Boud.
*a $5 booking fee applies to all transactions.
Get $35 Student Rush tickets from 9am on the day of the performance—pick up at the box office with valid student ID.
Listen to the Opening Night pre-performance ‘In Conversation’ with composer Jack Symonds and ABC Classic Drive’s Vanessa Hughes on the origins, inspiration, and creation of the world premiere of Gilgamesh here.
Bay 17 Carriageworks
Approx. 2hrs 40mins runtime (incl. one interval)
Performed in English with surtitles.
Jack Symonds
Composer & Conductor
Louis Garrick
Libretto
CREATIVES
Kip Williams
Director
Elizabeth Gadsby
Set Design
David Fleischer
Costume Design
Amelia Lever-Davidson
Lighting Design
Benjamin Carey
Electronics & Sound Design
Bob Scott
Sound Designer
Tait de Lorenzo
Assistant Director
CAST
Jeremy Kleeman
Gilgamesh
Mitchell Riley
Enkidu
Jane Sheldon
Ishtar/Scorpion
Jessica O’Donoghue
Shamhat/Uta-Napisthi/Scorpion
Daniel Todd
Humbaba/Ur-Shanabi
INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE
Australian String Quartet
Ensemble Offspring
Depictions of violence, nudity, haze, blood, and simulated sex
Opera Australia, Sydney Chamber Opera and Carriageworks present Gilgamesh, in association with Australian String Quartet and Ensemble Offspring.
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