Conductor

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

Past events

16 - 19 Oct, 2024

Eucalyptus: The Opera · Victorian Opera

Feb 22, 2024

Eucalyptus · West Australian Opera

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Eucalyptus by Mills

West Australian Opera

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