AN Aussie children\u2019s opera will hit the stage and screens next month when it makes its world premiere on livestreams at six regional Victorian locations.<\/p>\n
Deborah Cheetham AO\u2019s Parrwang Lifts the Sky <\/em>tells the traditional Wadawurrung story of the sunrise and education manager at Victorian Opera Ioanna Salmanidis said with the help of government funding, regional students can enjoy the city-based world of opera too.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Australian Government\u2019s RISE fund has allowed Victorian Opera to further expand our education program, offering schools across regional Victoria the chance to livestream Parrwang Lifts the Sky<\/em> in real time alongside their peers in metro regions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cLimitations such as distance and travel costs can often restrict schools to visit the city and for organisations to travel out to regions, so this funding allows us to bring schools the next best thing, the scale, energy, and excitement of a full-scale production live on stage and now screen.\u201d<\/p>\n Aimed at students in prep to year 9 the story follows Tjatjarrang and\u00a0Koki who, with the help of Parrwang the Magpie, attempt to bring light to the earth stuck in darkness.<\/p>\n Audiences will also have access to educational workshops as part of the experience where they can meet the cast and composer, learn more about opera and the Wadawurrung culture, and discover the work that goes on behind the stage curtains.<\/p>\n