Carriageworks and Sydney Chamber Opera bring you the online presentation of Breaking Glass – four new operatic works inspired by poetry, literature, mythology, and a rare species of Australian bird.
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Breaking Glass
World Premiere
Presented by Carriageworks and Sydney Chamber Opera
Her Dark Marauder (0.13′)
Music Georgia Scott
Text Pierce Wilcox
Director Danielle Maas
Commute (18.25′)
Music & Text Peggy Polias
Director Clemence Williams
The Tent (37.22′)
Music & Text Josephine Macken
Director Danielle Maas
The Invisible Bird (56.45′)
Music & Text Bree van Reyk
Director Clemence Williams
Conductor/Piano Jack Symonds
Set & Costume Designer Charles Davis
Lighting Designer Alexander Berlage
AV Designer David Bergman
Sound Designer and Audio Production Benjamin Carey
Singers Jessica O’Donoghue, Jane Sheldon, Simon Lobelson, Mitchell Riley
Viola/Violin James Wannan
Double Bass Benjamin Ward
Flute Lamorna Nightingale
Clarinet Jason Noble
Percussion Alison Pratt
Production Manager Jason Thelwell
Assistant Conductor Huw Belling
Stage Management Ellen Castles, Ayah Tayeh
Subtitles Johannes Macdonald
Filmed and edited by Hospital Hill
Breaking Glass is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts advisory body, the NSW Government through Create NSW and Creative Partnerships Australia through ACF Boost.
Composing Women, a postgraduate composition program at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, the University of Sydney, provides professional development aimed at fostering and empowering women composers.
Acknowledgement of Country
Carriageworks and Sydney Chamber Opera acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation as the traditional owners of this land. We pay our respects to the Ancestors, Elders and emerging generations.
The season of Sydney Chamber Opera: Breaking Glass was not able to proceed due to COVID-19. The performance was filmed in rehearsal prior to the temporary closure of Carriageworks.