World Premiere
3/1/1986
Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide
Jim Sharman, director
Conductor: Stuart Challender
Company: Australian Opera

Roles

The Expedition:
JOHANN ULRICH VOSS, a German explorer	Baritone
FRANK LE MESURIER, a gentleman	Tenor
PALFREYMAN, a naturalist	Baritone
JUDD, an ex-convict	Bass
HARRY ROBARTS, a young man	Tenor
DUGALD and JACKY, Aboriginal guides	Mimes
In Sydney:
MR BONNER, a merchant, backer of the expedition	Bass
MRS BONNER, his wife	Mezzo-Soprano
BELLE BONNER, their daughter	Soprano
LAURA TREVELYAN, their niece	Soprano
ROSE PORTION, a servant	Soprano
LT. TOM RADCLYFFE, officer, engaged to Belle	Tenor
MR TOPP, Voss's landlord, a music teacher	Tenor
MERCY, Rose's child, adopted by Laura	Child Soprano
A REPORTER	Tenor
A PHOTOGRAPHER	Mime
Outside Sydney:
MRS JUDD	Contralto
Guests, Children	chorus, children's chorus

Time and Place
1845 and 1865, Sydney and Central Australia