IHOS Music Theatre and Opera
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IHOS Music Theatre and Opera is a Tasmanian opera company was established in Hobart
in 1990, by composer and artistic director Constantine Koukias
, and production director Werner Ihlenfeld to create original music-theatre and opera works.
Hobart
Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
in 1990, by composer and artistic director Constantine Koukias
Constantine Koukias
Constantine Koukias is a Greek-Australian composer and flautist.He is the co-founder and Artistic Director of IHOS Music Theatre and Opera, based in Hobart, Tasmania. He is well known for his innovative work in contemporary opera and other forms...
, and production director Werner Ihlenfeld to create original music-theatre and opera works.
Major repertoire
- Olegas - by Constantine KoukiasConstantine KoukiasConstantine Koukias is a Greek-Australian composer and flautist.He is the co-founder and Artistic Director of IHOS Music Theatre and Opera, based in Hobart, Tasmania. He is well known for his innovative work in contemporary opera and other forms...
, Libretto by Natasha Cica - Tesla - Lightning in His Hand. An opera in two parts, sung in English By Constantine KoukiasConstantine KoukiasConstantine Koukias is a Greek-Australian composer and flautist.He is the co-founder and Artistic Director of IHOS Music Theatre and Opera, based in Hobart, Tasmania. He is well known for his innovative work in contemporary opera and other forms...
. - The Divine KissThe Divine KissThe Divine Kiss — The Evil is Always and Everywhere is an opera by the Australian composer Constantine Koukias that explores the imagery of the seven saving virtues: prudence, justice, fortitude, temperance, faith, hope and charity....
(Das Böse ist Immer und Überall) - An opera sung in Modern and Ecclesiastical Greek, Hebrew, GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
and EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
by Constantine KoukiasConstantine KoukiasConstantine Koukias is a Greek-Australian composer and flautist.He is the co-founder and Artistic Director of IHOS Music Theatre and Opera, based in Hobart, Tasmania. He is well known for his innovative work in contemporary opera and other forms...
. Dedicated to the memory of Józef Wawrzynczak - To Traverse WaterTo Traverse WaterTo Traverse Water is an opera by Tasmanian composer Constantine Koukias that depicts a young Greek woman's departure for Australia and her settlement there...
- An Opera in Two Parts Sung in Ecclesiastical & Modern Greek by Constantine KoukiasConstantine KoukiasConstantine Koukias is a Greek-Australian composer and flautist.He is the co-founder and Artistic Director of IHOS Music Theatre and Opera, based in Hobart, Tasmania. He is well known for his innovative work in contemporary opera and other forms... - Days and Nights with ChristDays and Nights with ChristDays and Nights with Christ is the first of five full-scale operas by the Australian composer Constantine Koukias , and was the first opera / music theatre production by IHOS Experimental Theatre Troupe . It premiered at Hobart’s Salamanca Arts Festival in 1990 and two years later was a highlight...
- An opera by Constantine KoukiasConstantine KoukiasConstantine Koukias is a Greek-Australian composer and flautist.He is the co-founder and Artistic Director of IHOS Music Theatre and Opera, based in Hobart, Tasmania. He is well known for his innovative work in contemporary opera and other forms... - Prayer BellsPrayer BellsPrayer Bells is a choral concert piece by Tasmanian composer Constantine Koukias featuring dozens of handbells cast for the celebration of Australia's 2001 Centenary of Federation . Also comprising three solo cantors and a small male choir, the one-hour work premiered at the Federation Festival of...
- A concert piece by Constantine KoukiasConstantine KoukiasConstantine Koukias is a Greek-Australian composer and flautist.He is the co-founder and Artistic Director of IHOS Music Theatre and Opera, based in Hobart, Tasmania. He is well known for his innovative work in contemporary opera and other forms... - The Lunch BoxThe Lunch BoxThe Lunch Box is a chamber opera by Thai composer Thanapoom Sirichang and Thai librettist Bringkop Vora-Urai. Composed entirely in Tasmania under the guidance of IHOS Artistic Director Constantine Koukias, The Lunch Box may be the first opera sung in Thai to blend traditional Thai music and...
- A chamber opera by Thanapoom Sirichang, sung in Thai
IHOS Music Theatre Laboratory
In late 1999 IHOS formed the IHOS Music Theatre Laboratory, a sub-section of the main company that provides training for young opera / music-theatre performers, as well as commissioning and collaborative opportunities for Australian composers, directors and designers.Works premiered
- 2007 As if Electronically Controlled (Full Premiere) Christopher Williams
- 2007 Colonial Pictures Simon Reade
- 2006 As if Electronically Controlled (Workshop only) Christopher Williams
- 2005 The Death of Chatterton Matthew DeweyMatthew DeweyMatthew Ingvald Dewey is an Australian composer and singer.-General information:Dewey is an Australian composer and singer who studied composition with Professor Douglas Knehans at the University of Tasmania and composition/theatrical design/singing with Greek-Australian composer/designer...
- 2005 Da Ponte in Absentia Constantine KoukiasConstantine KoukiasConstantine Koukias is a Greek-Australian composer and flautist.He is the co-founder and Artistic Director of IHOS Music Theatre and Opera, based in Hobart, Tasmania. He is well known for his innovative work in contemporary opera and other forms...
- 2004 Blood Lights Ian CresswellIan CresswellIan Cresswell is an Australian composer born in 1968. He obtained Bachelor of Music at the Australian National University in 1996 and Master of Music at the University of Queensland in 2002...
- 2004 A Priest's Passion Matthew DeweyMatthew DeweyMatthew Ingvald Dewey is an Australian composer and singer.-General information:Dewey is an Australian composer and singer who studied composition with Professor Douglas Knehans at the University of Tasmania and composition/theatrical design/singing with Greek-Australian composer/designer...
- 2004 Succubus Michael LampardMichael LampardMichael Robert Garth Lampard is a Tasmanian opera singer, conductor and composer born in Hobart.-Education and Early Acclaim:...
- 2004 For No Apparent Reason Myles Griffith
- 2003 The Fall of the House of Usher Maria GrenfellMaria Grenfell-General information:Maria Grenfell was born in Malaysia in 1969 and raised in Christchurch, New Zealand, graduating with a Master of Music degree from the University of Canterbury...
- 2003 Creatures of the Wind Kate MooreKate MooreKate Moore was an American lighthouse keeper noted for the longevity of her tenure. The daughter of Stephen Moore, keeper of the Fayerweather Island Light in Connecticut since 1817, she gradually took over his duties as he became ill; she was not formally appointed keeper, however, until after...
- 2003 Scenes from a Calabrese Opera Angelina Zucco
- 2002 Eden's Bequest (second stage) Rosemary Austen
- 2002 Harmony Allan Badalassi
- 2002 Touch Wood Claudio Pompili
- 2002 Antigone Sketches Constantine KoukiasConstantine KoukiasConstantine Koukias is a Greek-Australian composer and flautist.He is the co-founder and Artistic Director of IHOS Music Theatre and Opera, based in Hobart, Tasmania. He is well known for his innovative work in contemporary opera and other forms...
- 2002 POP Sally Rees, Matt Warren
- 2002 A Lizard Between Her Breasts Raffaele Marcellino
- 2001 Happy New Ears Graeme Leak
- 2001 Death by Defenestration Joe Bugden
- 2001 Eden's Bequest Rosemary Austen
- 2001 Sway Lisa Morisset
- 2001 Slip - Synthetic Spaces Hugh Covill
- 2000 Images from the Life of Nikola Tesla Constantine KoukiasConstantine KoukiasConstantine Koukias is a Greek-Australian composer and flautist.He is the co-founder and Artistic Director of IHOS Music Theatre and Opera, based in Hobart, Tasmania. He is well known for his innovative work in contemporary opera and other forms...
- 2000 The Tesla Project Constantine KoukiasConstantine KoukiasConstantine Koukias is a Greek-Australian composer and flautist.He is the co-founder and Artistic Director of IHOS Music Theatre and Opera, based in Hobart, Tasmania. He is well known for his innovative work in contemporary opera and other forms...
Notable Laboratory Alumni
- Matthew DeweyMatthew DeweyMatthew Ingvald Dewey is an Australian composer and singer.-General information:Dewey is an Australian composer and singer who studied composition with Professor Douglas Knehans at the University of Tasmania and composition/theatrical design/singing with Greek-Australian composer/designer...
- Singer and Composer, Director of the Tasmanian Composers CollectiveTasmanian Composers CollectiveThe Tasmanian Composers Collective is the representative body for Composers born or living in Tasmania, Australia. It was founded in 2005 by Tasmanian composer and singer Matthew Dewey with the funding support of the Foundation for Young Australians... - Alexander DickAlexander DickAlexander Williamson "Alec" Dick is an Australian cricketer who played one match for Western Australia in 1949. He played his only match against Victoria, scoring a duck batting at number eight in the first innings and eight runs batting at number nine in the second innings...
- Writer - Rachel Wenona Guy - Performer, Singer, Writer, Visual Artist
- Sarah JonesSarah JonesSarah Jones is a Tony- and Obie Award-winning American playwright, actress, and poet.Called "a master of the genre" by The New York Times, Jones has written and performed four multi-character solo shows, including Bridge & Tunnel, which was produced Off-Broadway in 2004 by Oscar-winner Meryl...
- Singer - Michael LampardMichael LampardMichael Robert Garth Lampard is a Tasmanian opera singer, conductor and composer born in Hobart.-Education and Early Acclaim:...
- Singer and Composer - Craig Wood- Performer and Composer