T H E P I E D

P I P E RAN ENCHAN T ING NE W P RODU C T ION

BY RICHARD MIL L S

28 - 30 July

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SYNOPSIS

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The townsfolk of Hamelin happily go about their lives. The children eat treats from Beatrice Brittle’s lolly shop, they attend classes with Miss Rosemary Sprig and the Town Crier announces the town’s news.

Hamelin is being exploited by the scheming Mayor and his wife, as the greedy couple try to profi t every cent they can from the little town. Miss Sprig can see through Mr and Mrs Mayor’s deceptions and consults her wise friend the Owl.

One night, an army of rats invade and cause havoc across Hamelin. The townsfolk are distraught and call for a solution. A mysterious Piper arrives in the town with his assistant, a talking Cat. He offers to lead the rats away with his magical music; Mr and Mrs Mayor agree to his fee.

Illustrations © Candice MacAllister

The rats are removed from the town, yet Mr and Mrs Mayor refuse to pay the Piper his fee. As a lesson to them, he uses his magical music to lead the children away from Hamelin; the townsfolk are frozen by his magical music and can’t stop him.

The Owl fl ies to tell the Piper that not all the folk of Hamelin are like Mr and Mrs Mayor. The next morning the Piper returns with the happy children and suggests Miss Sprig as an alternative Mayor in the next election. Miss Sprig is elected and rewards the Piper for his good work.

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PRODUCTION

V I C T O RI A N O P E R A

2 8 - 3 0 J ULY 2 01 6A R T S C E N T RE ME L B O URNE ,P L AY H O U S EComposer & Librettist Richard MillsRunning time is approximately 65 minutes.

Creative TeamConductor Simon BruckardDirector Derek TaylorAssistant Director Libby HillSet & Costume Designer Candice MacAllisterLighting Designer Joseph MercurioProduction Manager Luke HalesStage Manager Andrea CorishAssistant Stage Manager Katharine TimmsRepetiteurs Phoebe Briggs, Phillipa Safey, Katherine DayHead Electrician Peter DarbyHead Mechanist Kieran Santoso

CastPied Piper Carlos E. BárcenasThe Cat Stephanie John Rosemary Sprig Elizabeth BarrowMr Mayor Nathan LayMrs Mayor Fleuranne BrockwayTown Crier Jacob LawrenceBeatrice Brittle Kirilie BlythmanOwl/General Rat Lisha Ooi

Children/Rats

Alex Bradshaw Allen, Ryan Balas, Sue Zen Karanjit Chan, Giulianna Concel, Ida Currie-Hitchcock, Yvie Currie-Hitchcock, Nikita Archibald-De Boers, Raven Archibald-De Boers, Dominique Doig, Trisha Dorale, Maya Dymott Khuong, Harvey Garnaut, Luis Garnaut, Jaden Gomez, Sylvia Grant, Alice Kennedy, Sophia Krabeleski, Yoyo Li, Aurora McDonald, Ana Mihalic Tynan, Jon Poon, Rithika Ramesh, Luke Shiell, Jessie Sun, Athena Tan, Nathaniel Tan, Noelle Toh, Grace Wilson, Amy Zhao, Catherine Zhao

Ensemble

Barbara Ackland, Elise-Marie Addams, Sarah Berry, Jenny Bolger, Judith Clark, Kerry Clarke, Suzanne Coburn, Margaret Crichton, Aziza De Fazio, Beverley Douglas, Molly Ellery, Janette Fly, Belinda Graham, Barry Gration, Christopher Harris, Beverley Hastie, Victoria Hayes, Yaqirah Herut, Andrew Howell, Ann-Kathrin Hurrle, Jane Kelley, Bernadette Kurczycka, Andree L'Estrange, Caitlin Lawson, Tim Le, Lillian Li, Katie Long, Nathan Mackie, Terence Maher, Anna Markowicz, Ian Marshall, Mary Marshall, Nathan Michael, Karen Mulvany, Hong Yuan Ni, Bev Robinson, Anne Shepherd, Alison Slater, Gabriella Sutanto, Shana Sutclife, Alan Tait, Rosemary Tait, Jeannie Taylor, Dylan Travis, Elspeth Vines

OrchestraFlute Kim FalconerOboe Ben Opie1st Clarinet Kenny Keppel Bassoon Colin Forbes-Abrams 1st French Horn Alex MortonPercussion Arwen Johnston Piano Katherine Day

Acknowledgements

Victorian Opera would like to thank Resolution X,CVP, Scenic Studios, Creffi elds Digital Print, Implant Media, Harrison Cope, Duran Reid, Kate Glen-Smith, Steven Veale, Ryan Meeking, Carlton Gardens Primary School and Matt Hobson.

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