Menarche - Premiere Operatic Work Performed

MOTHER is a special collaboration premiering four short new operas created by postgraduate students from NIDA and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music that explore aspects of the mother and motherhood, from personal to political, from quirky to queer.

Menarche is an incredibly cathartic and important piece aimed at reclaiming the power and magic of menstruation, a catalyst to remove generational shame, stigma, and traumatic representations throughout generations of misrepresentation.

MOTHER is directed by the legendary Lindy Hume and Jessica’s opera Menarche is conducted by the fabulous Stephen Mould.

Menarche
Music by Jessica O’Donoghue
Libretto by Rebecca Duke and Karina Young