Jack Symonds’ Brilliant New Opera Gilgamesh

“Jessica O’Donoghue as the priestess Shamhat and later the wise Uta-Napishti, is…smooth, seductive mysterious and other worldly” - The Sydney Morning Herald - 5 STARS

“The teasing scorpion-cowboy duet is unnervingly cryptic, and the final scenes involving Todd’s ferryman and O’Donoghue’s Uta-Napishti are a lesson in richly serene legato singing.” - The Saturday Paper

The ancient and contemporary collide to dazzling effect in this world premiere. Composed by Sydney Chamber Opera Artistic Director Jack Symonds and brought to Carriageworks’ vast performance space by visionary director Kip Williams (Sydney Theatre Company’s The Picture of Dorian Gray), Gilgamesh is an epic that must be experienced.