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A woman left by her drover husband is forced to spend days alone in a slab hut with their young child. Paralyzed by fear of the bush, the woman cowers in her flimsy home, comforting herself and her infant with lullabies. Her terror is intensified by an encounter with a malevolent swagman. Inevitably the woman's dread is justified...Dorothy Porter's haunting libretto poignantly captures a woman's horror of a harsh and alien landscape: while the otherness of the Australian bush is powerfully evoked in Johnathan Mill's extraordinary and visceral score in which the whole set becomes a musical instrument.

Creatives/Company

Music: Jonathan Mills
Lyrics: Dorothy Porter

What's On By Year ...

Archive listings for The Ghost Wife (2002)

Work type: Opera or Operetta.

T144934459

Company Oz Opera. Director Richard Gill (music). Director Adam Cook. Performer Dimity Shepherd. Performer Antoinette Halloran. Performer Grant Smith. Performer Kanen Breen. Company Guildhall Chamber Ensemble.
14 Nov 02 to 23 Nov 02The Pit, Barbican Centre, West End :: V372
listing details L458979461

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