Kiran Rajasingam joins the cast of Jonathan Mills’ new opera Eucalyptus at Victorian Opera as Station Master.
A new work by Jonathan Mills, based on Murray Bail’s beloved novel. It is part Australian fairy tale, part sonorous evocation of the Australian bush.
Eucalyptus is an ageless story of love and longing, about a daughter and a father – Ellen and Holland. Ellen’s overprotective father has created a safe haven from the world – a forest of eucalypts. But is the forest a sanctuary? Or is Ellen, like Rapunzel, imprisoned? Ellen encounters a Stranger amongst her father’s trees – a storyteller with enchanting tales of far-away lands…
Renowned Australian playwright Michael Gow directs this co-production for Victorian Opera, Opera Australia and the Perth and Brisbane Festivals, with designs by Simone Romaniuk. Desiree Frahn and Simon Meadows create the roles of Ellen and Holland, with Orchestra Victoria and the Victorian Opera Chorus conducted by Tahu Matheson.
October 16, 18 & 19 at 7:30pm
Composer Sir Jonathan Mills AC
Librettist Meredith Oakes
Conductor Tahu Matheson
Director Michael Gow
Set and Costume Designer Simone Romaniuk
Lighting Designer Trudy Dalgleish
Cover Conductor Richard Mills OA
Ellen Desiree Frahn
Holland Simon Meadows
The Stranger Michael Petruccelli
Cave Samuel Dundas
Sprunt Sisters Natalie Jones, Dimity Shepherd
Station Master Kiran Rajasingam
Doctor Paul Biencourt
Victorian Opera Chorus
Orchestra Victoria