MILLENNIAL OPERA Comes to Sydney Fringe

Millennial Opera is a brand new show written and produced by Allison Tyra, with music-dramaturgy and direction by Holly Champion. It features some of opera's greatest arias and duets, with lyrics rewritten to hold a satirical mirror up to our own Millennial generation. This snarky, smart-ass show is performed by some of Sydney's best young opera singers. It is part of the 2018 Sydney Fringe Festival, with shows at 8:30 pm on 6, 8 and 9 September at The Newsagency in Camperdown. Tickets available here: http://www.thenewsagencyvenue.com/shows/milennial

Writer/ Producer Allison Tyra writes: "I love the beautiful music of opera, but constantly find myself frustrated by the plots, characters and original lyrics of the works. After attending a production with particularly bad English translations last year, I started wondering why I couldn't just re-write the words to create something new. That thought turned into the show we will be staging in September. Subjects range from hipsters and a barista's lament to online dating and the trials of adults living with their parents. The music featured will include works like Nessun Dorma, La Donna e Mobile, and the Habanera aria from Carmen.

While I wrote it partially for my own amusement, the underlying goals are to make opera more accessible by putting it in a less intimidating setting than a three-hour performance; by presenting a greater variety of viewpoints than are typically seen in opera; and by making it more relatable to modern, young audiences."

MC'd by the director, this show features emerging opera stars Jessica Harper (soprano), Rebecca Hart (mezzo-soprano), Carly-Anne Evans (mezzo-soprano) and Gerard Atkinson (bass-baritone), with Viet-Anh Nguyen at the piano.