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26 FEB - 14 MAR  2027
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Eucalyptus

Composed by Jonathan Mills / Libretto by Meredith Oakes / After the novel by Murray Bail

Eucalyptus

Composed by Jonathan Mills / Libretto by Meredith Oakes / After the novel by Murray Bail

When

13 Mar

7:30pm

Where

Adelaide Town Hall

Access

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Tickets

Adult
Premium $119 | A Res $109 | B Res $99
Festival Friends
Premium $101 | A Res $93 | B Res $84
Concession*
A Res $87 | B Res $79
Full-time student^
A Res $55 | B Res $50
Under 40**
A Res $40 | B Res $40

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^ ID required

Duration

2hrs 30mins, incl. interval

Warnings

Recommended for audiences aged 14+

Mild adult themes and sexual references. Performed in English with surtitles.

AUSTRALIA

Hundreds of species of eucalyptus. One impossible love story.

Based on Murray Bail’s Miles Franklin Award–winning novel, Eucalyptus is the story of a widowed father, his beautiful daughter, and the competition to win her hand by naming the hundreds of species of eucalyptus in the woodland he has obsessively created.

Enter composer Jonathan Mills’ ethereal world of bowed cymbals and vibraphones, timpani played with fingertips and the slide whistles of owls at night. With a spare and poetic libretto by Meredith Oakes, this concert performance of Eucalyptus summons the sounds of Australia’s natural world to set the spirit free.

Adelaide Festival presents the concert production of EUCALYPTUS

Composed by Jonathan Mills
Libretto by Meredith Oakes
After the novel by Murray Bail

Desiree Frahn Ellen
Simon Meadows Holland
Michael Petruccelli The Stranger
Samuel Dundas Mr Cave
Natalie Jones Sprunt Sister 1
Sian Sharp Sprunt Sister 2

Richard Mills Conductor
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
State Opera South Australia Chorus

Image credit Billie Wilson-Coffey


Commissioned by Opera Australia and Victoria Opera

Eucalyptus is supported by MM Electrical Merchandising, State Opera South Australia, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Opera Australia, Victorian Opera.

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