Night and Dreams: the death of Sigmund Freud
A music theatre piece for tenor and tape
Libretto: Margaret Morgan
Music: Andrew Ford
Performance: Gerald English
Production: Music Theatre Sydney
Direction: George Whaley
Design: Eamon D'Arcy
Duration: 60 minutes
World premiere at the 2000 Adelaide Festival at the Opera Studio, Adelaide
Wed 8, Thur 9, Sat 11, Sun 12 March 2000
Gerald English as Freud
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Celebrating his 75th birthday in 2000, the extraordinary singer Gerald English has
been central to the development of Australian contemporary opera and music theatre. Always
willing to take risks in performance, Gerald shows his amazing mettle in a new work
written specifically for him about the last days of Sigmund Freud. Dark and hypnotic,
yet frequently very funny, Night and Dreams is scored for singer and taped sounds. As
the exiled Freud contemplates his death, we the audience are invited to become his
psychoanalyst. This bravura performance promises to be one of the Festival’s highlights.
--Robyn Archer, Artistic Director, Adelaide Festival
Presented in association with Justin Macdonnell Promotions. This project has been assisted
by the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals through the Major
Festivals’ Initiative of the Australia Council, the Australian Government’s arts funding
and advisory body and the ABC through The Listening Room.
Copyright (1999) Margaret Morgan. All rights (in all media)
reserved.