2010 Season
The season launch included the welcome news of the State Government's $1.5 million boost to the Company's budget which will finance, among other plans, a free concert next summer, supported by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. This brings the Company's annual grant to $3.79 million.
As well as the concert – Opera in the Bowl on 27 February at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl – the company's fifth season included:
A gala concert presentation of The Damnation of Faust by Berlioz on 19 February at Hamer Hall, The Arts Centre. Soloists included Julian Gavin (Faust); Tania Ferris (Marguerite); Pelham Andrews (Mephistophélès); and David Hibbard (Brander). The Victorian Opera Chorus and Orchestra Victoria conducted by Richard Gill.
The first main-stage productions of the year between 10 and 20 March at The Arts Centre, Playhouse, with the double-bill of Wiliam Walton The Bear and Angélique by Jacques Ibert. Directed by Talya Masel and conducted by Ollivier-Philippe Cuneo.
A co-production with Malthouse Theatre of The Threepenny Opera by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht in the Merlyn Theatre between 28 May and 17 June. Directed by Michael Kantor and conducted by Richard Gill.
The Turn of the Screw, an operatic ghost story by Benjamin Britten.
The Baroque opera Julius Caesar by Handel, presented at the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre, 20–30 July, conducted by Richard Gill and directed by former Australian Ballet principal Stephen Heathcote.
Two world premieres by the Victorian Youth Opera. Firstly, The Parrot Factory a newly commissioned work by Frederick and Mary Davidson, to be performed at the CUB Malthouse Merlyn Theatre 1–5 October. Secondly, The Cockatoos by Sarah de Jong and Sarah Carradine will be presented at the New Ballroom, Trades Hall, 10–12 December.
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