Master and Pupil – The Marais Project Jennifer Eriksson – director and viola da gamba/ James Fraser – actor and writer/ Belinda Montgomery – soprano/ Tommie Andersson – lute and theorbo/ Catherine Upex – viola da gamba 29 May 2016, The Independent Theatre, North Sydney The Prelude in Tea concerts in the Independent Theatre at North Sydney are an…
The Marais Project’s May concert is a collaboration between Marais Project Director, Jenny Eriksson and leading young Australian actor, writer and film maker, James Fraser (The Water Diviner, The Devil’s Playground and The Turning) to create Master and Pupil, a new musical-theatrical event. Together, they have formulated a series of penetrating and moving reflections in words and…
For their upcoming August programme, Marais And The Operatic Muse. the Marais Project turns its attention to Marin Marais’ long-neglected operas which were much acclaimed at the Court of Louis XIV. On the menu will be excerpts from Marais’ best known opera, Sémélé and a cantata by another favourite composer, Michel Pignolet de Montéclair. Regular…