Cirrus@Austlit

'ANTARCTICA is a contemporary opera dealing with historic, mythic and scientific beliefs and narratives revolving about the southern continent. In a time when anthropogenic climate change is destabilising all centres (political, cultural, scientific), Antarctica becomes a stage for a drama of the future. There are vested interests, beliefs, systems of thought all at odds to decide what to do about what is actually happening on this distant stage, a stage without human performers, a stage without sets, a stage without texts, a stage of wind and ice, of glaring reflectivity and competing song.  In an era of profound climate variability, ecological pressures, the movement of populations across continents, and heightened awareness of the fragility of our oceans, it is a fable for the twenty-first century.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.