
Bliss. Opera with music by Brett Dean, libretto by Amanda Holden after the novel by Peter Carey
Post by Gordon Kerry, August 1st, 2015
Joy cometh in the morning; bliss taketh about eleven years, or it did in the case of Brett Dean’s debut opera of the same name. Not that this is entirely unusual in the annals of Australian opera: Richard Meale’s Voss, Moya Henderson’s Lindy and Larry Sitsky’s The Golem all, for a whole bunch of reasons,… continue reading »