RICHARD MILLS
Background: Born, Australia. Artistic director of West Australian Opera. Awarded AM, 1999
OA repertoire: The Love of the Nightingale, La Cenerentola, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Batavia (Special Green Room Award and 2001 Green Room Award for Best Production, Opera; 2002 Helpmann Awards for Best Opera and Best New Australian Work)
Other companies: Die Fledermaus, La sonnambula, Peter Grimes, Aida, The Love of The Nightingale, La bohème, Threepenny Opera, The Barber of Seville, Patience, The Abduction from the Seraglio (WAO); Tristan und Isolde (QLD Music Festival); The Magic Flute (OQ); Australia’s leading symphony orchestras. Compositions and commissions include: music for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Federation concerts; Song cycles, The Australian Ballet, the Passion According to St Mark, and Concertos for Flute, Violin and Viola, and Organ
Recordings/Videos: Music for strings – MSO (EMI);The Film Music of Franz Waxman, Snugglepot & Cuddlepie, Ariels Music (QSO), Australian Trumpet Concertos (MSO); String quartet No. 1 - The ASQ (ABC); Video: Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
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