When Voss premiered in 1986, it was hailed as the long-awaited Great Australian Opera. So why have we not seen it for over 30 years? Vincent Plush traces the history of the opera and hopes that a new semi-staged production in Adelaide – now postponed until 2022 – will put an end to its neglect.
March 1, 1986 is a date which lives large and lustrous in Australia’s cultural history. The opera Voss – with music by Richard Meale and a libretto by David Malouf, based on the novel by Patrick White – was premiered that night in...
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