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The Young Kabbarli single work   musical theatre   opera   - 1 Act
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Libretto by Maie Casey

Conducted by Rex Hobcroft
Issue Details: First known date: 1965... 1965 The Young Kabbarli
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The Young Kabbarli is based on an episode in the life of the Irish-Australian welfare worker and anthropologist Daisy Bates. Bates was given the affectionate name 'Kabbarli', meaning 'grandmotherly person'.

Production Details

  • The Young Kabbarli, premiered at Hobart's Festival of Contemporary Opera and Music in 1965. In 1972 it was presented by the Intimate Opera Group in the unlikely setting of the Olde King’s Music Hall theatre-restaurant as part of the Adelaide Festival and, soon after, in a series of Melbourne concerts celebrating Sutherland’s 75th birthday. It was the first opera ever recorded in Australia.

    In 1973, it was recorded at Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia. It was the first Australian opera recorded in Australia. Singers were Genty Stevens, Dean Patterson, Carol Kohler, John McKenzie and David Gulpilil, and conducted by Patrick Thomas.

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First known date: 1965
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Related Works

Kabbarli : The Woman Who Gave Her Wealth and Life to the Aborigines Firmin McKinnon , 1939 single work column
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 11 January 1939; (p. 3) This column tells how Daisy Bates's biography came to be published.
Kabbarli Daisy Bates , 1946 extract
— Appears in: An Australian Muster 1946; (p. 120-127)
Kabbarli. Daisy Bates : ein Leben für die Ureinwohner Australiens Kurt Lutgen , 1969 single work biography children's
— Appears in: Wagnis und Weite : die Erlebnisse von vier bedeutenden Frauen 1969; (p. 65-128)
y separately published work icon Tales Told To Kabbarli Barbara Ker Wilson , Daisy Bates , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1972 Z870675 1972 selected work prose biography essay Indigenous story children's The legends retold in this book are a small part of the total collection of folklore of the Aboriginal people of Australia by Daisy Bates from 1899 to 1945.
y separately published work icon Kabbarli : A Personal Memoir of Daisy Bates Ernestine Hill , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1973 Z280303 1973 single work biography
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Works about this Work

y separately published work icon The Young Kabbarli : Daisy Bates as operatic heroine Annie Patrick , Western Australia : 1996 8860766 1996 single work thesis
y separately published work icon The Young Kabbarli : Daisy Bates as operatic heroine Annie Patrick , Western Australia : 1996 8860766 1996 single work thesis
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