PASSION

Australian premiere

Presented by Sydney Festival

Music by Pascal Dusapin
Libretto by Pascal Dusapin & Rita de Letteriis

World-renowned soloists Elise Caluwaerts and Wiard Witholt live out the doomed voyage of mythology’s greatest lovers in this staging by European icon Pierre Audi.

Passion is a 21st-century take on Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo from the leading French composer of his generation- Pascal Dusapin, renowned for his supple melodies, complex textures and mastery of the human voice.

Creative Team

Mise-en-espace
Pierre Audi

Conductor
Jack Symonds

Revival Director
Miranda Lakerveld

Lighting Design
Nicholas Rayment

Performers

Soloists
Elise Caluwaerts
Wiard Witholt

Vocal Ensemble
Jane Sheldon
Ellen Hooper
Anna Fraser
Andrew Goodwin
Mitchell Riley
Simon Lobelson

Instruments
Alex Norton
Thibaud Pavlovic-Hobba
James Wannan
Mee Na Lojewski
Jaan Pallandi
Jane Bishop
Ben Opie
Ngaire de Korte
Peter Smith
Susan Newsome
Jack Schiller
Michael Wray
Tristram Williams
Matthew Harrison
Genevieve Lang
Zubin Kanga
Jem Harding

Acknowledgements

These performances of Passion by Pascal Dusapin are given by permission of Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd, exclusive agents for Editions Salabert of Paris

Gallery

VENUE

City Recital Hall
2 Angel Pl, Sydney NSW 2000

duration

90 minutes

Press Reviews

“Such opportunities to catch challenging musical fare are to be applauded in these risk averse times”

“an engrossing introduction to a significant work”

“a thrilling ornament to the Sydney Festival…a wonderful next step for Sydney Chamber Opera”

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We acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation as the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and perform. We honour their elders both past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.