Special Events

In 2011, Victorian Opera and Chamber Made Opera put a call out for new Australian opera proposals for the New Operatic Ventures Australia (NOVA) project,  following the success of the NOVA initiative in 2009/10.

THE VICTORIAN WRITERS’ CENTRE
The Wheeler Centre for Writing, Books and Ideas
5 – 9 SEPTEMBER 2011
9.30am – 1pm daily
$40
Participation via application (see below)

The year is 1827 and Austrian composer Schubert is alone in a room. He coughs up blood; he hallucinates; he struggles with the act of creation.

In 2009, Chamber Made Opera and Victorian Opera entered into a major new partnership to seek out new opera ventures throughout Australia (NOVA). A nationwide call for proposals drew an overwhelming response, clearly demonstrating the need to nurture the chamber opera and music theatre scene. A panel of experts including Chamber Made Opera’s David Young and Victorian Opera’s Richard Gill selected five diverse chamber opera and music theatre works.

From the Lip was a concert series featuring works from younger and emerging artists at the North Melbourne Town Hall.