Story of Abbey
Story Of Abbey is an Australian rock opera created by David McLean.[1] It opened at the Seymour Centre in November 2002 for a run of nine days.[2]
A soundtrack album, credited to Play Act One, was released in 2001 and was nominated for the 2002 ARIA Award for Best Cast/Show Album.[3]
Story Of Abbey got mixed reviews. Writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, Stephen Dunne states that the opera "has two central weaknesses: a score that doesn't contain a single good song, and a dull narrative of decline that is almost incomprehensible."[4] Commenting on the soundtrack, The Newcastle Herald's Chad Watson calls it an "extraordinary tale of an ordinary woman."[5]
Personnel
Cast
- Yeh Lee - Abbey
- David McLean
Crew
- David McLean - Writer, Producer
- Yeh Lee - Producer
- Gavin Mitford - Choreographer
Track listing
- Jackal's Play
- Run To The Shadows (Letter)
- Sonnet
- Fly Away (Puddles)
- Dogs Are Howling (Swings)
- Follow Me (Trumpet)
- Choir Of Angels
- Happy Faces
- Mr Magic Man
- Christmas
- Crack On The Street
- Sweet Lady
- Tomorrow I Will
- Abbey
- Suffering
- Go Away
- Reach Out
- Angel As My Witness
- A Little Light
- Her Knife
- Forest
References
- ^ Jinman, Richard (8 November 2002), "Stage struck", Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ Molitorisz, Sacha (1 January 2003), "Suffering for their art", Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ "ARIA nominees announced", The Age, 17 September 2002
- ^ Dunne, Stephen (19 November 2002), "The Story Of Abbey, Seymour Centre", Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ Watson, Chad (21 June 2001), "Taking The Abbey Road", The Newcastle Herald