Lette’s Go to the Opera
Ever since Puberty Blues, Kathy Lette has a long and celebrated career as a best-selling and much-loved novelist, with an unparalleled eye for a joke, an ear for a double entendre and a way with a pun. But how does her fare fare when she’s singing from a different song sheet?
To coincide with Victorian Opera’s adaptation of Kathy Lette’s comic romp How to Kill Your Husband (and Other Handy Household Hints), the Wheeler Centre takes a look at what goes into translating a work from page to stage. Richard Gill, Victorian Opera’s music director, faces off against Kathy Lette in true operatic style, to go behind the curtain and explore a work with musical references and inspiration ranging from cabaret to Mendelssohn.
Featuring
Featuring
Richard Gill is an internationally respected music educator and conductor. He has been artistic director of OzOpera, artistic director and chief conductor of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra and the adviser for the Musica Viva in Schools program. He is currently music director of Victorian Opera. Ric... Read more
Kathy Lette divides her time between being a full-time writer, demented mother and trying to find a shopping trolley that doesn’t have a clubbed wheel. Kathy is famous for her comic novels that speak directly to women, but her latest, The Boy Who Fell to Earth, brings far more than just her tradem... Read more
Michael Shmith has worked in daily journalism for most of his professional life. He is a senior writer for The Age, Melbourne, and also the paper’s opera critic. He is a former arts editor and travel editor of The Age. Although he specialises in arts journalism, he writes on many other subjects â€... Read more
Watch, Listen, Read
Watch
Nazanin Boniadi: The 2023 Sydney Peace Prize Lecture
4 Dec 2023
Listen
Leigh Sales at Montalto
4 Dec 2023
Read
Hot Desk Extract : Bellyheart
27 Nov 2023
Listen
Rebecca Makkai Has Some Questions
27 Nov 2023
Watch
Lonnie Holley: Thumbs Up for Mother Universe
22 Nov 2023
Watch
Angela Saini: The Patriarchs
22 Nov 2023