Do not lay with a man as you would with a woman, since this is a disgusting perversion. - Leviticus 18:22
Perverse, my 3rd opera, was first workshopped in concert version at the Black Box, Victorian Arts Centre during the 2002 Midsummer Arts Festival - an annual gay, lesbian, queer, bisexual, transgendered and pansexual festival held in Melbourne. Both The Bulletin and The Age chose Perverse as a highlight of the Festival.
Perverse is the deeply moving true story about a woman coming to terms with the fact that her father is gay. As his carer during the last ten years of his life, her self-image and place within the world is shattered as the truth of her father's wildly unconventional lifestyle slowly unravels. Their relationship is both crippled and unified by the Jewish religion.
Story, libretto and music by Estelle Pizer
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Cast
- Larissa Cox - Repetiteur
- David Eckstein - Baritone
- Sofia Daulatzai - Soprano
- David Hansen - Countertenor
- Brendon Wickham - Tenor
Crew
- Director - Brett Adam
- Producer - Georgina Meyer
- Costume - Penny Dickinson
- Sound - David Collins