Role of Douglas Mawson in Concert Premiere of The Call of Aurora

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Matthew Dewey played the lead role of Douglas Mawson in Joe Bugden’s new opera ‘The Call of Aurora’ in a concert version at the Peacock Theatre on Saturday the 17th of November. The performance was conducted by Gary Wain, directed by Robert Jarman and featured the vocal talent of Michael Lampard, Michael Curtain and Pamela Andrews. Joe Bugden Biography JOE BUGDEN was born in Sydney in 1961. He has worked as director of the Tasmanian Writers’ Centre since April 1999.
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Premiere of Aria from ‘The Buzz of the Sea’

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Tasmanian Baritone Michael Lampard together with Pianist Karen Smithies will give the premiere of an aria from the new opera by Matthew Dewey with libretto by NIDA graduate Alexander Dick called The Buzz of the Sea. The opera, composed specifically for Michael to perform, is a one man chamber opera designed to act as a double bill for Dewey’s second opera, The Death of Chatterton. The aria will be premiered in concert at the University of Tasmania Conservatorium of Music
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String Symphony underway for Hobart Chamber Orchestra Commission

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The Hobart Chamber Orchestra have commissioned a new work from Matthew Dewey to be played in two concerts featuring all new music in mid-2008. The piece, a string symphony in three movements, will be somewhere in the duration of 15 to 17 minutes and reflects on the history and environment of the Tasman Peninsula region. The premiere will be conducted by eminent French conductor Jean-Louis Forestier . About the Hobart Chamber Orchestra The Hobart Chamber Orchestra (HCO) is fundamentally a
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