Chamber Made

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Chamber Made (formerly Chamber Made Opera) is an award-winning Australian production house for contemporary opera and music-theatre. Formed in 1988 by theatre director and librettist Douglas Horton (who remains as Artistic Director), it is Australia’s only full-time company exclusively devoted to the commissioning and presentation of music-theatre works by living artists.

It has produced over fifteen world premieres by Australian artists, and numerous Australian premieres by artists from around the world. It regularly tours productions internationally. It's past staff include General Managers Stephen Armstrong and Robina Burton, and Designer Jacqui Everitt.

In 2007 preparations are underway to celebrate to company's 20th anniversary in 2008.

In 2007 their production of The Hive was nominated for five 2006 Green Room Awards including: Best Direction (Douglas Horton), Best Design (Paul Jackson and Niklas Pajanti), and Best Male in a Principal Role (Simon Meadows). It won the award for Best Production.

1 Productions
2 Awards
3 Discography
4 External links

[edit] Productions

Only first productions are listed

1988 The Heiress, music: Donald Hollier, text after Henry James' novel Washington Square
1989 Recital, music: David Chesworth, Puccini, Mozart et al, text: Douglas Horton and Helen Noonan
1990 The Fall of the House of Usher, music: Philip Glass, text: Arthur Yorinks after Edgar Allan Poe
1991 Greek, music: Mark-Athony Turnage, text: Steven Berkoff
1991 Sweet Death, music: Andree Greenwell, text: Abe Pogos after Claude Tardat
1992 The Cars That Ate Paris, musical improvisation, text after Peter Weir
1992 Lacuna, music: David Chesworth, text: Douglas Horton
1993 Improvement: Don Leaves Linda, music & text: Robert Ashley
1993 Medea, music: Gordon Kerry, text: Justin Macdonnell after Seneca
1994 The Two Executioners, music: David Chesworth, text: Douglas Horton after Fernando Arrabal's Les Deux Bourreaux
1995 Tresno, music & text: Jacqui Rutten
1995 The Burrow, music: Michael Smetanin, text: Alison Croggon
1997 Wide Sargasso Sea, music: Brian Howard, text after Jean Rhys
1997 Fresh Ghosts, music: Julian Yu, text: Glenn Perry after Lu Xun
1998 Dr Forbes Will See You Now, music: Stephen Ingham, text: Douglas Horton
1998 Matricide – The Musical, music: Elena Kats-Chernin, text: Kathleen Mary Fallon
1999 Eight Songs For A Mad King, music: Peter Maxwell Davies, text: Randolph Stow
2000 Gauguin (a synthetic life), music: Michael Smetanin, text: Alison Croggon
2000 Teorema, music: Giorgio Battistelli, scenario after Pier Paolo Pasolini
2002 Slow Love, music: Stevie Wishart, text: Richard Murphett
2002 Motherland, music: Dominique Probst, text: Le Quy Duong
2003 The Possessed, music: Julian Yu, text: Glenn Perry
2003 Phobia, music: Gerard Brophy, text: Douglas Horton, in homage to Alfred Hitchcock
2003 Walkabout, music & text: Richard Frankland after Nicolas Roeg
2004 The Charcoal Club (aka Burning Embers), music & text: Richard Frankland
2006 Corruption, music: Sasha Stella, text: Ania Walwicz after Elisa Evers
2006 The Hive, music: Nick Vines, text: Sam Sejavka
2007 Crossing Live, music: Bryony Marks, text: Matt Saville

[edit] Awards

1992 Myer Group Arts Award - Lacuna
1994 The Age Performing Arts Awards – Most Outstanding Fringe Performance - The Two Executioners
2002 Green Room Awards – Best New Score: Slow Love
2002 Green Room Awards – Best Lighting Design: Motherland
2007 Green Room Awards - Best Production: The Hive

[edit] Discography

2001 Wicked Voice includes excerpts from Lacuna and The Two Executioners (Chesworth/Horton), ABC Classics
2007 Medea (Kerry/Macdonnell), ABC Classics