A West Australian Musical
Posted by:
andrew (IP Logged)
Date: July 02, 2002 07:57AM
Nostradamus - The Musical Drama
Music: Ziggy de Voight
Lyrics: Jackson B Suttcliffe
World Premiere: Perth, Australia 29th of June, 2002.
Company: West Australian Opera, WA Symphony Orchestra.
I have just performed in the chorus of the West Australian Opera's world premiere concert performance of Nostradamus at the Perth Concert Hall on Saturday June 29. I was just looking for feedback on the net when I stumbled across this site. I had never heard of Nostradamus the rock opera but I am now very interested to hear more about it. Our performance on Saturday night was of a piece that crosses the boundary of Opera and musical theatre and should be hitting Europe in the near future and has been likened to Les Miserables (probably to it's detriment). I would be interested to see how different the narratives are between your Nostradamus and Perth's, considering that not much is known of the man's true life.
The performance was a smash hit with much interest already being shown by producers on both sides of the Atlantic. Look out for it but don't be expecting too many electric guitars in the pit.
Both new pieces, both based around the life of one extraordinary man. Both, without doubt, extraordinarily different in style.
more info can be attained at www.waopera.asn.au