01/06/2026
State Opera's GOLDEN JUBILEE JOURNEY
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Verdi's OTELLO (1992) - Festival Theatre
CREATIVES:
Conductor - Peter Robinson
Director - Garth Scott-Annetts
Designer - Wolfram Skalicki
Lighting - Donn Byrnes
Costume Design - Kristian Frederikson
Choreographer - Velalien Shepherd
CAST:
Montano / A Herald - James Orange
Cassio - Geoffrey Harris
Iago - Malcolm Donnelly
Roderigo - Brian Gilbertson
Otello - Bruno Sebastian
Desdemona - Marilyn Richardson
Emilia - Wendy Hopkins
Lodovico - John Greene
Dancer - Vetalien Shepherd
Dancer - Martine Redman
CHORUS:
Robert Angove, Janice Baker, Sally Bithell, Vanessa Bengler, Gisele Blanchard, Meran Bow, Tasso Bouyessis, Joe Bowler, Iolene Brooks, Maurice Connell, Frances Crooks, David Cox, Cathy Cox, Lindsey Day, John Devaney, Grant Doyle, Catherine Egan, Robert England, Karen Finch, Yiannis Fragos, Gillian Sullivan, Miriam Gordon, Kay Gosnold, Monica Green, Terry Grimmond, Monica Hanusiak-Klavins, Kristen Hardy, Jeremy Harris, Barbara Heidrich, Alan Jarrett, Greg John, Rodney Kirk, Alexander Lizgubow, Roslyn Lock, Alison Lockett, Rex Millsteed, Jodie Monfries, Gregory Morton, Sandra McCarthy, Mark McKenna, Mark Oates, Belinda Paterson, Hilary Pinkerton, David Perry, Lyndon Piddington, Graeme Pitt, Samantha Rogers, Geoffrey Rogers, Amara Seabrook, Susan Scattergood, Veronik Snell, Kerry Tuller, Jean Valerio, David Wardle, Kathleen Wardle, Christopher Webb, Andrew Young, and Michelle Zweck.
Bonus points if you can find our current Head of Music, Anthony Hunt! 🎉
