Australian Premiere production of The Priestess of Morhpine - an opera by composer, Rosśa Crean, and librettist Aiden K. Feltkamp.
Unwillingly addicted to morphine, Baroness Gertrud Günther von Puttkamer and her nom-de-plume Marie-Madeleine explore her sensuality and tumultuous story through the medium of contemporary opera.
“They tried to burn me, to bury my words. They tried. They tried, but they failed.”
Join us as we delve into the inner psyche of two sides of the same woman. Gertrud is the forensic observer of her own life whilst Marie-Madeleine is the unapologetic personification of her desire for women and morphine.
Discover the story of this Jewish German lesbian erotic poet, who when revealing her most intimate cravings and pleasures saw her declared a degenerate by the Third Reich which led to her mysterious death.
“This powerful and perceptive opera is the most comfortable way to explore the young woman’s suffocating trauma, by situating Marie-Madeleine’s work in the historical and artistic consciousness of the time with an eye towards healing.” – OperaWire
Tickets available at The Blue Room Theatre - Full price - $28, Concession $23
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Director - Rachel Doulton (she/her)
Producer - Hannah Lee Tungate (she/her)
Performer & Artistic Advisor - Jessica Taylor (she/they)
Performer Ava Charleson (she/her)
Percussionist - Thea Rossen (she/her)
Violinist - Julia Watson (she/her)
Cellist - Miranda Murray-Yong (they/them)
Projection Designer - Blair Parkinson (he/him)
Lighting Designer - Katrina Johnston (she/her)
Administration Coordinator - Isabella Cisse (she/her)
Copywriter - Bec Bowman (she/her)
Graphic Designer - Georgia Crowe (she/her)
Librettist - Aiden K. Feltkamp (they/he)
Composer - Rosśa Crean (they/them)