In Sydney Chamber Opera's The Howling Girls, composer Damien Ricketson commands of Jane Sheldon's celestial tone a considerable conversion. The unfamiliar sonic force created by Sheldon's instrument, in what she describes as 'deviant' vocal performance, is emotionally charged, even shocking. The prototype of operatic performance to which we are accustomed is equally unrecognisable. The Howling […]
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 04:32AM on April 18, 2018