Letters from a Black Snake at Langley Estate
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ACOCOMietta Foundation Art Song Series
Christopher Hillier, baritone
Amanda Hargreaves, soprano*
Sophie Bisset, soprano*
James Billson, baritone*
Coady Green, pianist
*ACOCO Rising Artists
Lock up your valuables! Join us at Langley to welcome Ned Kelly to Bendigo before he heads to London!
Letters of a Black Snake is the featured item in an afternoon of Australian song, history and storytelling, featuring baritone Christopher Hillier and Rising Artists of the Australian Contemporary Opera Company (ACOCO).
Ned Kelly's letters - plain-spoken and personal - set to music by composer George Palmer, offer a portrait that reaches beyond the legend: a man writing about family, hardship, loyalty, injustice and survival in colonial Victoria.
Australian baritone Christopher Hillier brings a wealth of operatic and concert experience to the program, shortly before travelling to London to make his international Wagnerian debut in Die Walküre. Acclaimed for his finely detailed musicianship and strong dramatic presence, Christopher Hillier brings clarity and conviction to Letters of a Black Snake, that causes audiences to perhaps reexamine their perceptions of Ned Kelly - the man, the myth.
Alongside Christopher Hillier, ACOCO Rising Artists perform works by Sally Whitwell, Esther Rofe and Elena Kats-Chernin - three leading Australian composers with individual musical voices. These beautiful songs move between wit, lyricism, observation and theatrical flair.
Letters of a Black Snake brings together a major Australian historical voice, contemporary composers and emerging performers. A program built around distinctive Australian music, and artists at different stages of substantial careers.
Join us in the perfectly colonial atmosphere of the Lauriston Chapel for an afternoon you’ll remember!
After the concert, you can enjoy meeting the performers and other audience members during the refreshments served in the Langley Hall mansion.
Date
Sunday 1 November 2026 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (UTC+10)Location
Lauriston Chapel at Langley Estate
484 Napier St, White Hills VIC 3550
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