Salon Sessions: Melba Opera Trust | This event has now been CANCELLED.
2023-06-04 14:00 - 15:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia
A Poet’s Guide to Love and Loss | A Ballarat Arts Foundation fundraiser featuring tenor Douglas Kelly

August 31

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1:00 pm

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2:00 pm

$20 – $39

Humffray Room

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A Poet’s Guide to Love and Loss

Join us for an intimate afternoon of beautiful music featuring critically acclaimed tenor Douglas Kelly and pianist Tom Griffiths at the Ballarat Arts Foundation’s annual fundraiser. Hear a moving program of songs by Schumann, Barber and Butterworth exploring themes of love, loss and longing. Douglas Kelly, recipient of Victorian Opera’s 2024 Opera Prize (supported by Michael Stubbs and Malcolm Roberts), recently captivated audiences in Mansfield Park at Her Majesty’s Theatre and received a Green Room Award for his performance in Puccini’s La Rondine. Don’t miss your chance to experience one of Australia’s most exciting young voices and raise crucial funds in support of Ballarat Arts Foundation.

The Program

⦁ Schumann: Dichterliebe (A Poet’s Love)⦁ Barber: Selected Songs⦁ Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad This event forms part of Victorian Opera’s Ballarat Opera Festival.

Duration – 60 minutes

Douglas Kelly, Tenor | Photo: Charlie Kinross

Ballarat Arts Foundation

For 25 years, the Ballarat Arts Foundation (BAF) has worked in partnership with the community for the purpose of enriching the creative life and cultural future of Ballarat. Our annual awards and grants program gives critical financial support to local artists to help them take the next step in their career. We present performance opportunities, exhibitions, workshops, and masterclasses throughout the year with, and for, our alumni, and the community to raise funds and share artistic expertise that enlivens our culture. Through high-profile events and activities, Ballarat Arts Foundation also contributes to the growth of a sustainable arts industry in Ballarat.

Victorian Opera

Victorian Opera is the state opera company of Victoria. Your state company. We make creative, accessible and relevant work for everyone while acknowledging the traditions and evolving our artform. Since the company was founded in October 2005, Victorian Opera has entertained hundreds of thousands of people with our imaginative approach to opera and musical theatre. Each year, we premiere at least one new Australian opera and have commissioned 32 new works since our formation. Recognised for our unique contribution to the country’s operatic landscape, Victorian Opera proudly became an Australian Major Performing Arts company in 2019, and transitioned to the National Performing Arts Partnership Framework in 2021.

Tickets – Adult $39 – Concession $35 – Senior $37 – 30yrs & Under $30- Child (14yrs & Under) $20. Tickets not able to be purchased in the Library for this event

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This event is part of the Ballarat Opera Festival

This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work, learn and create. Always Was, Always Will Be, Aboriginal Land.
