The Oresteia (1991-93) 
BUY CD 
Memory theatre (opera) in 7 parts after Aeschylus
For 6 voices, 11 instruments and dancer
Libretto by Liza Lim and Barrie Kosky after Aeschylus, Sappho and Tony Harrison (in English)
For soprano, 2 mezzo soprano (mezzo soprano 2 also plays stage ‘cello), counter tenor, tenor, baritone & dancer (also vocalising)
Fl/Picc, Ob/Cor Ang, Cl/Bass Cl – Tpt/Picc Tpt, Tbn – Turkish Baglama Saz
(played by mandolinist), Electric Guitar – Perc – Vla/Vla d’amore, Vc, D bass
Duration: 75′, Score (136022), Ricordi Milano
Commissioned by ELISION
Premiere: 16 May 1993, Theatreworks, Melbourne (14 performances)
ELISION Ensemble and Treason of Images, conductor Sandro Gorli.
Singers: Jeannie van de Velde, Julie Edwardson, Deborah Kayser, Andrew Muscat Clark, Tyrone Landau, Grant Smith; dancer: Shelley Lasica
Directed by Barry Kosky, stage designer Peter Corrigan, choreographer Shelley Lasica
Scenes:
1. 7 Positions Of A Memory Theatre (Cassandra’s Dream Song)
2. Memory Spills From The Split Skulls Of Clytemnestra And Agamemnon
3. Cassandra-The Banquet
4. The Furies
5. Clytemnestra’s Ghost
6. Apollo’s Masque (The Missing ‘Satyr Play’)
7. Athena’s Trumpet
Score sample from the Australian Music Centre website
Programme note from score
Liza Lim 