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Opera’s Bad Girl: Anna Bishop, the World’s First Daringly Defiant DivaCanta Viva/Sarahlouise Owens
Australia
Seduction, shipwrecks, scandal and soaring arias
Before Nellie Melba, there was Anna Bishop — opera’s original rebel.
Opera’s Bad Girl brings Anna's wild, untold story to life. This show blends the music she made famous, and drama in a fearless celebration of a woman who dared to defy her time.
Continuing from her tour in Australia, Anna Bishop returns to New Zealand to fill you in on the details of her adventures since her last visit in 1867.
A Victorian-era trailblazer and early suffragette who defied her time, Anna lived fast, sang farther, and dared to do what no woman had done before.
Leaving her famous composer husband and defying polite society she ran off with her harpist lover — embarking on a globe-trotting adventure so wild it reads like fiction: shipwrecks, tiger attacks, hostage-takings, war zones and epidemics — and through it all, she sang. To royalty. To rebels. To packed houses on every continent.
Anna's incredible story is brought to life through songs including Lucia's 'Mad Scene', 'Home Sweet Home', and 'Last Rose of Summer'.
"Opera’s Bad Girl is a thoroughly entertaining, brilliantly presented tour de force by Sarahlouise Owens..." Bill Stephens, Australian Arts Review
Keywords: theatre, music, storytelling, historical, new work, international
Event Details
When: 9 & 10 March
Genre: Music
Duration: 70 mins
Price: $18
Venue: Red Door Theatre
14yrs+
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Red Door Theatre, 95 Atawhai dr,Nelson, New Zealand
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