Master Peter’s Puppet Show / What Next? - Melbourne Recital Centre

One of the episodes from the classic Cervantes novel, Don Quixote, was the inspiration for the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla to create “Master Peter’s Puppet Show”. Shadow puppets are attacked and a theatre is destroyed as the legendary Don Quixote lays waste to a helpless puppet show. Victorian Opera, in collaboration with cutting edge Black Hole Theatre, brings this episode into life.

Elliot Carter, an American composer, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, wrote his only opera at 90. What Next? opens with a volley of percussion as a car crash shakes the reality of everyday existence.. The opera follows a group of people who regain consciousness after an accident. As Rose, Stella, Zen, Harry or Larry and Mama all try to recall who they are, the question on everyones mind is, are they survivors or victims?

DATES: Wednesday 15, Thursday 16 & Saturday 18, Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 August | 7.30pm
Sun 19 August | 3pm
VENUE: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre
TICKETS: $45 - $171 plus booking fee. Concessions available including $30 tickets for Under 30’s

For more information and to book online, visit www.victorianopera.com.au

Event Details:

31 Sturt Street, Southbank VIC 3006, Australia | See it in Google Maps
15 Aug to 22 Aug 2012