Il Tabarro

9–13 January 2024 Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney

Presented by Sydney Festival, Giacomo Puccini’s one-act masterpiece is a darkly romantic tale of passion, desperation and heartbreak.

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Details Creatives & Cast

A nautical noir opera under the stars and on the harbour.

Il Tabarro will be staged aboard The Carpentaria, a historic lightship built in 1917 – the same year Puccini finished work on the composition. Innovative director Constantine Costi and his team are taking this brooding opera to an updated setting inspired by 1930s Depression-era Sydney. Conductor Simon Bruckard leads a cast of exceptional Australian talent and a live orchestra for an unmissable night.

This event is free and ticketed. Register your interest to be notified when tickets are released in December.

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FULLY STAGED OPERA

DATES & INFO

Tuesday 9 January at 8:30pm
Wednesday 10 January at 8:30pm
Friday 12 January at 8:30pm^
Saturday 13 January at 8:30pm

^Livestream available here.

DURATION

1 hour (no interval)

VENUE

Australian National Maritime Museum,
2 Murray Street,
Pyrmont,
NSW 2009

PRESENTING PARTNER

Presented as a part of Sydney Festival.

Government partners

Acknowledgements

Sydney Festival sincerely thanks Andrew Cameron AM and Cathy Cameron, The Hon. Ashley Dawson-Damer AM, Robyn Martin-Weber, Suzanne and Anthony Maple-Brown, Victoria Taylor and all our private donors whose generosity and support make projects like this possible.

This performance takes place on the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We recognise that sovereignty was never ceded — this land is stolen land. We pay respects to Eora Elders, past & present.

CREATIVE TEAM

Composer Giacomo Puccini

Librettist Giuseppe Adami

Conductor Simon Bruckard
Director Constantine Costi
Production Designer Sabina Myers
Lighting Designer Matt Marshall
Movement / Assistant Director Shannon Burns

Sound Designer Tony David Cray

CAST

Luigi James Egglestone
Giorgetta Olivia Cranwell
Michele Simon Meadows
Talpa Stephen Marsh
Frugola Syrah Torii
Tinca Joshua Morton-GaleaORCHESTRAVictorian Opera Chamber Orchestra