Set in Melbourne ten years after the Holocaust, this one act opera tells the true tale of a tragic love triangle.
The Blackened Pearl was a winner of the inaugural Opera Composition Competition at the Faculty of Music, The University of Melbourne. It was directed by Brett Adam.
Story, libretto and music by Estelle Pizer
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Cast
- Nicholas McRoberts - Conductor
- Adam Bianco - Tenor
- Rebecca Carmichael - Soprano
- Sofia Daulatzai - Soprano
- Eliza Tarpey - Soprano
- Natsuko Arai - Chorus
- Giselle Baulch - Solo / Chorus
- Georgette Cutler - Solo / Chorus
- Louise Dorsman - Chorus
- Naomi Kenneday - Chorus
- Peter Chung - Solo / Chorus
- Tudor Holton - Solo / Chorus
- Adam Miller - Chorus
- Bob Northey - Chorus
- Ian Vitcheff - Chorus
Ensemble
- Shannon Wagstaff - Clarinet
- Melissa Harris - Bass Clarinet
- Laura Vaughan - Piano
- Rochelle Bryson - Violin
- Nadine Delbridge - Viola
- Zoe Knighton - Violoncello
- Amy Valent - Percussion