A clever operatic adaptation of Oscar and Lucinda is let down by music that fails to captivate
- Written by Jeanell Carrigan, Associate professor, University of Sydney
Oscar and Lucinda, Sydney Chamber Opera, Carriageworks.Zan Wimberley
Review: Oscar and Lucinda, composer Elliott Gyger, librettist Pierce Wilcox, after the novel by Peter Carey, Sydney.
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