Conductor

Molly Johnson is a survivor. Heavily pregnant, she’s left alone to care for her children in a remote Snowy Mountains shanty.

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The Drover's Wife

Sydney Opera House- Joan Sutherland Theatre

In this dappled landscape lurks both beauty and wonder. The score is mysterious and colourful, with moments of dramatic intensity and hushed beauty. The libretto by Meredith Oakes is poetic and spare.

Eucalyptus is an ageless story of love and longing, about a daughter and a father – Ellen and Holland. Ellen’s overprotective father has created a safe haven from the world – a forest of eucalypts. But is the forest a sanctuary? Or is Ellen, like Rapunzel, imprisoned? Ellen encounters a Stranger amongst her father’s trees – a storyteller with enchanting tales of far-away lands…

Eucalyptus: The Opera

Acland Street Village

Murray Bail’s Miles Franklin Award-winning novel Eucalyptus comes to life in music in this in-concert world premiere of a new opera from acclaimed Australian composer Jonathan Mills.

Conductor

Tahu Matheson

Events

Upcoming events

7 - 15 Aug, 2026

The Drover's Wife · Opera Australia

Past events

7 - 15 Aug, 2026

The Drover's Wife · Opera Australia

16 - 19 Oct, 2024

Eucalyptus: The Opera · Victorian Opera

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Eucalyptus by Mills

West Australian Opera

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