Mystery – COR

COR

Operas

Rain and Simone are in the kitchen, prepping dinner. Things are weirdly tense. Suddenly, Rain snaps and accuses Simone of killing his ex-girlfriend, Sally. Of course, Rain doesn’t really have proof of this (other than the time Simone killed a Yorkie for biting her - but they’re an aggressive breed). Simone tries to placate Rain. She’s always bee...

Composer: Chris Thornborrow

Librettist: David Yee

My Mother’s Ring

Content warning: murder, violence, mental illness

The story begins with a distressed Paul being interviewed about his missing parents. It switches to two weeks earlier with Harold and Julia in the airport after sending him off. Julia worries that something is wrong with their son. Harold is sure that he'll be back to his old self after the tr...

Composer: Stephen Andrew Taylor

Librettist: Marcia Johnson

Otherworld

Two miners are making their way into the heart of the mountain. There, they discover another world.

Composer: Norbert Palej

Librettist: Bobby Theodore

COR

Excerpts

a little rain must fall – a little rain must fall

A playful duet between romantic partners that offers a comedic take on a sinister secret.

Otherworld – Otherworld

Miners crack open a mountain and two green children emerge. They sing, then the minors pray to them as they fall asleep.

My Mother’s Ring – My Mother’s Ring

Paul is being interviewed about his missing parents. Is Paul a suspect? Is the interrogator a police officer or a psychiatrist? Who were the people who were in his parents' house when Paul returned from his trip? All is not as it seems.