The Lyrebird's Voice single work   musical theatre   opera  
Note: Developed with six youth participants of the New Work Opera Studio 2023.
Date: 2025
Issue Details: First known date: 2025... 2025 The Lyrebird's Voice
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'Have you ever heard a lyrebird’s call? You may have, but mistaken it for something else – these ornate birds are expert copycats, mimicking all sorts from kookaburras to camera shutters.

'In this family-friendly opera, one trickster lyrebird goes a step too far and gets in trouble with their friends in the flock. The other birds banish the lyrebird and curse them: never again will the lyrebird be able to use their own voice. From now on, it’s mimicry only.

'Alone in the bush, the lyrebird meets a quirky assortment of Australian animals, where they discover the power of being different. With performances in the outer suburban ring of Melbourne, audiences will meet beetles, a wombat, a kangaroo, a ringtail possum, a jittery emu, all manner of native birds, and a cunning cat.'

Source: Victorian Opera.

Production Details

  • Presented by Victorian Opera at The Round, Nunawading, 8 and 10 May 2025; at Darebin Arts Centre, 14 and 16 May 2025; and at Frankston Arts Centre, 21 and 23 May 2025.

    Choreographer and Director: Elizabeth Hill-Cooper.

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