Alan John - Operas

Operas

His opera, The Eighth Wonder, was premiered in 1995 by Opera Australia and was revived in 2000, during the Sydney Olympics Arts Festival. In May 2008, his chamber-opera Through the Looking Glass, to a libretto by Andrew Upton, was premiered by the Victorian Opera at the Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, conducted by Richard Gill. In May 2011, his opera How to Kill your Husband (and other handy household hints), to a libretto by Timothy Daly and based on Kathy Lette's 2007 book of the same name, premiered at the same venue under the same conductor.

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