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Brett Dean (1961-)

Information about the composer Brett Dean and his operas.

An Australian composer, violist, and conductor. To date he has written one opera.

Operas:

Bliss

Based on Peter Carey's 1981 novel Bliss, and set in Queensland, Australia, in the early 1980s.

Synopsis

The opera tells the story of advertising executive Harry Joy who after being resuscitated from a heart attack realises he is literally living in hell.

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