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DIVA
Starring AMELIA FARRUGIA
An uplifting celebration of great Australian divas
JUNE BRONHILL & DAME JOAN SUTHERLAND
Friday 25 August - City Recital Hall
In this exciting world premiere presented by City Recital Hall, popular soprano Amelia
Farrugia stars in what promises to be an uplifting celebration of great Australian divas,
taking the audience on a journey through the life and career of June Bronhill and Dame
Joan Sutherland.
DIVA showcases the repertoire that made Bronhill and Sutherland household names in
Australia and brought them acclaim internationally. Additionally, the concert will feature
original compositions by Australian composer, Elena Kats-Chernin.
Interspersed with stories of their life and career told by script writer and compere Guy
Noble, Amelia will perform popular songs and arias from opera and operetta including
Faust, La Traviata, La Rondine, Manon, The Merry Widow, Orpheus in the Underworld,
and The Sound of Music. Amelia will also perform the famous aria that Sutherland and
Bronhill both sang at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Lucia di Lammermoor.
Since making her professional debut in BUDDY the Musical, 1990, Amelia Farrugia has had
a highly successful and varied Australian and International career in Opera, Musical Theatre,
Symphony Concert, Recital, Recording, Television, Corporate Events, Large-Scale Outdoor
Events, including Final Mass World Youth Day for Pope Benedict XXI.
Amelia's debut album Joie de Vivre! was released on the DECCA label, the very first solo
Australian recording artist since Dame Joan Sutherland in 1959.
Amelia's performing career has taken her all over the world, including Glyndebourne Festival
UK, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Malta, Florence & Spoleto Italy & The Metropolitan
Opera in New York.
Starring Amelia Farrugia
Director, Script Writer & Compere Guy Noble
Original Score Elena Kats-Chernin La Stupenda
Musical Direction & Piano Tamara-Anna Cislowska
Featuring Acacia Quartet
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