The Howling Girls
World premiere
by Damien Ricketson and Adena Jacobs
In the weeks following Sept 11, five young women present separately to hospitals in New York with identical symptoms. They are unable to swallow, and believe that some debris or body part from the destruction has lodged in their throats. The surgeon who examines them finds no obstruction.
The Howling Girls is a new chamber opera dissecting the medium and metaphor of the voice, its loss and attempted reconstitution. A solo voice constricted, wheezing, stammering, in decay, a teenage chorus of howling girls, an absent mass, an unearthly theremin, a spectacle of fragmented bodies and voices. A sublime aural and perceptual encounter.
Composer
Damien Ricketson
Musical Director
Jack Symonds
Director
Adena Jacobs
Set & Costume Design
Eugyeene Teh
Lighting Design
Jenny Hector
Sound Design
Bob Scott
Soloist
Jane Sheldon
The House that Dan Built
Grace Campbell
Kittu Hoyne
Kiri Jenssen
Emily Pincock,
Jayden Selvakumaraswamy
Sylvie Woodhouse
The Howling Girls is supported by Creative Partnerships Australia through Plus1
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Gallery
VENUE
Carriageworks
Bay 20, 245 Wilson St, Eveleigh
duration
60 minutes
Press Reviews
TimeOut★★★★★ Read More
“This is the pinnacle of their [Sydney Chamber Opera’s] daring provocations and an essential work for anybody wanting to experience the cutting edge of the operatic art form.”
Audrey Journal★★★★★ Read More
“…The Howling Girls coils around the listener like some impossibly ancient Siren song.”
The Sydney Morning Herald★★★★★ Read More
“… a remarkable tour-de-force”
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