• Richard Mills
  • Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1996)

  • Wise Music G. Schirmer Australia Pty Ltd (World)
  • 2(II=picc,afl).1(=corA).3(I=Ebcl,III=bcl).asax.2(II=cbn) - 2.2.2.1 - perc(2) - harp - pno(=synth) - strings(6.4.4.3.1) ColS.S.2M.T.2Bar
  • 2 hr

Programme Note

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll is a chamber opera in two acts by Richard Mills to a libretto by Peter Goldsworthy, based on the play of the same name by Ray Lawler. The opera was commissioned by the Victoria State Opera and premiered on 19 October 1996 at the Playhouse in Melbourne. It lasts about two hours. It was live simulcast on ABC Classic FM on Australia Day (26 January) 1997.

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