Opera for me is… a place of heightened experience and transformation and in which theatre becomes the mediumistic form for memories, dreams, projections and ecstatic possession.
This is an excerpt from my opera The Navigator (2008): Angel of History aria
libretto by Patricia Sykes, performed by Deborah Kayser, ELISION Ensemble conducted by Manuel Nawri, theatre direction Barrie Kosky, Brisbane Festival of the Arts
Winner Music Theatre Now Award 2013, The Navigator
Three Sirens: Omar Ebrahim, Deborah Kayser, Philip Larson, The Navigator, Director Barrie Kosky, 2008 Brisbane Festival
The Navigator: Andrew Watts; The Beloved: Talise Trevigne; 2008 Brisbane Festival
The Navigator, ELISION conducted by Manuel Nawri, Director Barrie Kosky, 2008 Brisbane Festival (Judith Wright Centre)
Liza Lim 