Presented by Victorian Opera
Palais Theatre
Set and Costume Design
Conductor: Alexander Briger
Director: Heather Fairbairn
Set & Costume Designer: Savanna Wegman
Lighting Designer Niklas Pajanti
Video Designer: Robert Brown
Assistant Director & Camera Operator: Ben Sheen
Director: Heather Fairbairn
Set & Costume Designer: Savanna Wegman
Lighting Designer Niklas Pajanti
Video Designer: Robert Brown
Assistant Director & Camera Operator: Ben Sheen
Katya: Desiree Frahn
Boris: Andrew Goodwin
Kabanicha: Antoinette Halloran
Tichon: Michael Petruccelli
Dikoj: Adrian Tamburini
Varvara: Emily Edmonds
Kudrjaš: Douglas Kelly
Kuligin: Bailey Montgomerie
Glascha: Michaela Cadwgan
ORCHESTRA
ANAM Orchestra (Australian National Academy of Music)
Victorian Opera’s production scored at every turn, with a splendid Australian cast, ingenious and creative production, and daring and clever use of live black and white video throughout on a full-stage screen. - Barney Shwartz, The Age
The visual element of this production was adventurous and conceived in intricate detail. Savanna Wegman’s set and costume design fused beautifully with Fairbairn’s cinematic palette – Heather Leviston, Classic Melbourne
The set was simple but endlessly clever: huge suspended metal frames that hung over the stage like a cage, later lowered and reformed into a boardwalk stretching over a shimmering lake. It managed to feel both industrial and dreamlike, almost a reflection of Katya’s inner thoughts. - Kavya, Its on the house
The visual element of this production was adventurous and conceived in intricate detail. Savanna Wegman’s set and costume design fused beautifully with Fairbairn’s cinematic palette – Heather Leviston, Classic Melbourne
The set was simple but endlessly clever: huge suspended metal frames that hung over the stage like a cage, later lowered and reformed into a boardwalk stretching over a shimmering lake. It managed to feel both industrial and dreamlike, almost a reflection of Katya’s inner thoughts. - Kavya, Its on the house