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17 de jun. de 2024 · Neil returned to direct the Sydney premiere of this powerful operatic work based on the infamous drowning of Dr George Ian Ogilvie Duncan, a gay man who died in 1972 after being thrown in Adelaide’s River Torrens by a group of men.
12 de jun. de 2024 · “It has this kind of miraculous effect on the work,” says director Neil Armfield. “You can feel the audience gasping as the curtain goes up and a man descending over this strip of water very, very slowly. A vulnerable human body over water seems really rich as a symbol of the human spirit.”
After a triumphant Melbourne season, Emmy®, Golden Globe® and Tony Award®-winner Anthony LaPaglia takes to the Sydney stage for the first time, in a play hailed as one of the greatest of the 20th century – Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman in the critically acclaimed production directed by Australia's pre-eminent director Neil Armfield.
28 de jun. de 2024 · The director of “Watershed” was Neil Armfield, whose works have previously been reviewed by OperaWire – Pinchgut Opera’s “Platée” in 2021, and The Met’s production of Brett Dean’s “Hamlet” in 2022. Primarily, “Watershed” benefitted from an engaging, ear-beguiling score, and a powerful libretto that was by turns raw and ...
11 de jun. de 2024 · The recipient of five-star reviews and emotional standing ovations at its sold-out premiere season at the 2022 Adelaide Festival, Neil Armfield’s acclaimed opera Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan will make its Sydney debut with Opera Australia this week.
16 de jun. de 2024 · And Australian theatre and opera legend Neil Armfield’s production is as deeply felt as it is thrillingly physical. Written as an oratorio, Watershed turns the illicit into the sacred, through powerful choral music, solo voices and dance.
11 de jun. de 2024 · Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan, directed by Neil Armfield, receives its Sydney premiere this week at the Sydney Opera House, bringing the story of the homophobic murder of a South Australian man that lead to a significant change in Australian law to operatic life. Tim Reeves, the show’s Historical Consultant, and playwright Alan Valentine ...
