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'Two new and important Australian operas within a month: Gilgamesh (Symons/Garrick) in Sydney in late September, and now Eucalyptus (Mills/Oakes) in Melbourne in mid-October. This certainly hasn’t occurred for quite some time, if ever. Composer Jonathan Mills, mentored at Sydney University by Peter Sculthorpe, is probably best known for two acclaimed operas. The Ghost Wife – a dark, brooding work with libretto by Dorothy Porter, based on a short story by Barbara Baynton – was a critical success when it premièred at the Arts Centre Melbourne in 1999, with subsequent seasons in Adelaide, Sydney, and London. A bleak and confronting work, it revealed a young composer of promise with an impressive grasp of the form.' (Introduction)
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Ellen's Rite of Passage : A Nuanced and Inventive Adaptation of Murray Bail’s Novel
Australian Book Review
Australian Book Review
