In its opening week, Sydney Festival pulled out all the stops to entice audiences with 'immersive' and unique experiences in unusual locations — but how was the art?
, making its Australian premiere following a world premiere at Holland Festival in 2022.
She and librettist Tom Wright spun those discussions into an opera, commissioned by Dutch chamber orchestra Asko|Schönberg , and brought to the stage bySydney Chamber Opera are an exciting, relatively young company with a passion for new Australian work — and a strong relationship with Sydney Festival, dating back to 2014 and spanning six works."We find that people are much more willing to take a punt on us, if they haven't heard of us, if it's in a festival context.
"[Some] directors would just illustrate each scene, but Imara's approach is to find the metaphorical and imagistic language that creates a wonderful counterpoint to the workings of the piece musically," says Symonds.
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