Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (opera)
- Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (opera)
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll is a chamber opera in two acts by Richard Mills to a libretto by Peter Goldsworthy, based on the play of the same name by Ray Lawler. The opera was commissioned by the Victoria State Opera and premiered on 19 October 1966 at the Playhousein Melbourne. It lasts about two hours. It was live simulcast on ABC Classic FM on Australia Day (26 January) 1997 [cite web
url = http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?/classic/daily/stories/s630210.htm
title = ABC Classic FM Music Details: Sunday 26 January 1997
accessdate = 2007-09-20
date = 1997-01-26
publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation] [cite web
url = http://www.abc.net.au/abccontentsales/s1345164.htm
title = Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (DVD)
accessdate = 2007-09-20
publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation]
Mills also used this muscal material for his "Symphonic Picture from Summer of the Seventeenth Doll".
For plot details, see the article on the play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.
References
*imdb_title|0491840|Summer of the Seventeenth Doll|Mills (1996) (TV, ABC)
*cite web
url = http://www.opera-opera.com.au/plotm.htm#millsumm
title = Alison Jones's Opera Plot Summaries
accessdate = 2007-09-20
author = Alison Jones
coauthors = Terence Clarke
date = October 1996
publisher = Opera~Opera (Pellinor)
*cite book
last = Atkinson
first = Ann
coauthors = Linsay Knight, Margaret McPhee
title = The Dictionary of Performing Arts in Australia, Vol.2
origyear = 1996
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=ELACebeQEgcC&pg=PA220&vq=seventeenth+doll&sig=E7edReZPgMVU0hlvb0hGn4S4r9A
accessdate = 2007-09-20
publisher = Allen & Unwin
isbn = 1863738983
pages = p.220
*cite web
url = http://listserv.cuny.edu/Scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind9610d&L=opera-l&T=0&P=12697
title = Summer of the 17th Doll (cast & critique)
accessdate = 2007-07-10
last = Burnett
first = Ron
date = 22 October 1996
publisher = OPERA-L
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