Well conceived, designed, imaginatively staged and impressively performed...
GRAHAM MACDONALD THE CANBERRA TIMES SEPT 19 2006

‘A thriller as chilling as vintage Hitchcock – and all to edgy and atmospheric jazz!’ …….a challenging work featuring top class performers’
JANET WILSON OPERA OPERA AUSTRALIA OCTOBER 2006

One of the best nights of bad sleep you're likely to experience.
TORONTO STAR

Stopera presents the Australian premiere of an exciting new Canadian chamber opera by jazz saxophonist Nic Gotham to text by award-winning Canadian writer Ann-Marie MacDonald. A Hitchcock style thriller set to a cool jazz score, Nigredo Hotel is a daring and imaginative journey into the subconscious. From the award-winning Stopera team that produced the stunning 2005 production of Jane Eyre.

Strange things happen in Room 7 of Nigredo Hotel. A stressed-out neuro-surgeon runs off the highway in his car and checks into a seedy hotel, deserted but for the woman who runs the place, who seems to know more about him than he does himself. In Room 7, Raymond explores the dark recesses of his mind, in a series of dramatic confrontations with his past.

With Rebecca Collins and David Pearson. Directed by Caroline Stacey with musicians Nicole Canham, Gary France and Gareth Hill led by Music Director Adam Laslett. Designed by Kaoru Alfonso. Lighting Design by Nick Merrylees Execuitve Producer: Vivienne Winther

The Street Theatre
14- 23 September 2006

Nigredo Hotel Jazz Lounge more>
The entertainment doesn’t stop at the opera’s last scene: The Street Theatre’s foyer will be transformed into the very retro Nigredo Hotel Jazz Lounge, with Canberra’s hottest jazz musicians ‘Live in the Lounge’ after every show.

Thurs 14 - Sat 16 show 8pm, jazz lounge from9pm.
Sunday 17 Sept show 3.30pm, jazz lounge from 4:30pm.
Wed 20-Sat 23 show 8pm, jazz lounge from 9pm.

TICKET PRICES
Tickets for Stopera’s show Nigredo Hotel including the jazz lounge:
$36, $30 concessions and groups, $16 student rush.
Jazz lounge only: tickets at the door $6
BOOKINGS 02 6247 1223 The Street Theatre

This production is supported by the ACT Government, ECMA (Enterprise for Contemporary Music Audiences), ACT Friends of Opera, The Street Theatre and The Canberra Review.

Performed by special arrangement with Lorraine Wells & Company Talent Management Inc, 10 St Mary St, Suite 320, Toronto, Ontario, M4Y 1P6 Canada
Original production Tapestry New Opera Works.
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