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VO’s Galileo is the stuff of festivals
Victorian Opera | Galileo
December 20, 2023, Palais Theatre, St Kilda, VIC
There were festival feels at the Victorian Opera world premiere of Galileo, composed and conducted by Richard Mills, with libretto by Malcolm Angelucci.
The story is drawn from the life of the great hero of science and is imbued with all the drama, philosophy and politics of the time in which he lived. On stage, angels and devils wrestled for control. Science and religion wrestled for souls. Popes and plagues ultimately deciding the course of history. The scope of the story was matched in magnitude by Richard Mills magnificent score and the forces employed for the production.
The full power of Orchestra Victoria was enhanced by the period ensemble La Compañia who brought the sound of the Renaissance onto the stage, complete with cornettos (wooden instruments covered in leather with trumpet like mouthpieces), viola da gambas, sackbuts, organ and theorbo. There was children’s ensemble in addition to the full Chorus, two vocal quintets – red for devils, white for angels – and a star lineup of soloists, including Samuel Dundas in the title role, Simon Meadows as Papa Paolo V Cardinal, Christopher Hillier in various roles and boy soprano Herbi
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A complex life which came into conflict with the political and religious powers of the day, Galileo is a searching meditation amidst questions of faith in a violent, hostile and uncertain world.
Is this a biographical opera about Galileo?
It is definitely an opera on the life of Galileo, but I would not call it a biography. I learned from Richard (Mills) that opera implies a degree of marvel, and that the referential, biographical elements are a starting point for addressing something that goes beyond the life of the character. In biographies, the protagonist may become an exemplar, a point of reference to think about humans in general, our life, etc. In this opera, this does not come from an accurate depiction of ‘what happened’: the musical, lyrical and dramatic material is immediately translated into something that transcends history and the story. Our Galileo is a biography as much as La bohème is a documentary on poor artists, so to speak.
That said, we are trying to present to the public a work that goes beyond Galileo’s infamous trial or his scientific discoveries; the material we work on is the life of a human being, with its hopes, questions, contradictions and desires. The springboard, in this sense, is the biographical.
What is the purpose