Melbourne City Opera
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Melbourne City Opera at BMW Edge
Melbourne City Opera, based in Melbourne, Australia, was formed in 1997 to fulfil two prime objectives:
1. to provide a platform for young Australian artists establishing their careers
2. to provide opera at affordable prices for Victoria's opera-loving audience.
Melbourne City Opera (MCO) has a long, proud history of some 27 years, being the successor to the Melbourne based company, Globe Opera, and the intention is to carry on with those traditions, objectives and achievements.1
Initially the company made its home at the National Theatre, Melbourne, the Comedy Theatre, Melbourne and later at the Athenaeum, Melbourne, and featured such legendary names as Suzanne Steele, Ronald Dowd, Margaret Nisbett, Maureen Howard, and Ron Stevens in major productions of La Bohème, Faust (opera), Carmen, Pagliacci, Cavalleria Rusticana, Madama Butterfly, The Merry Widow, Die Fledermaus, The Student Prince, and many others.
The Company has recently commenced performing at the BMW Edge, a 450 seat indoor amphitheatre, with productions of Verdi's Il Corsaro, Attila (opera) and most recently presented The Pavarotti Story 2, devised and narrated by Director, Dr Joseph Talia OAM, and under the baton of resident conductor Erich Fackert.
[edit] References
1 The Age 13/5/2004
2 The Age 30/11/2007 "The great tenor's spirit shall not sleep"
3 The Age 30/12/2003
