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Barrie Kosky returns to Adelaide

The former Adelaide Festival Artistic Director's epic Handel opera Saul will play exclusively at the 2017 festival.
4 Aug 2016 12:00
Richard Watts
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Co-Artistic Directors of the Adelaide Festival, Neil Armfield AO and Rachel Healy, today announced an exclusive season of Barrie Kosky’s opera Saul as the ​opening event of their inaugural 2017 festival.

Composed by George Frideric Handel with a libretto by Charles Jennens, Saul explores the relationship between the titular first king of Israel and his successor, the giant-slayer David.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts

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