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| Napoleon: Revolution to Empire |
Napoleon: Revolution to Empire, 2 June - 7 October,
2012,
NGV International, is the first in the Melbourne Winter
Masterpieces program in 2012. The panoramic exhibition examines French art,
culture and life from the 1770s to the 1820s and is organised in partnership
with the Fondation Napoléon, Paris, who are lending many of their works and
treasures.
Its story runs from the first French voyages of discovery to
Australia
during the reign of Louis XV to the end of Napoleon's transforming leadership
as first Emperor of France.
The exhibition will provide a fascinating insight into
French art and culture from one of the richest and most tumultuous periods in
French history: the era of Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife Josephine, two of
the world's most dynamic and influential historical figures.
The exhibition brings together more than 200 works from late
18th and early 19th Century France, including paintings, watercolours and
drawings, engravings, sculpture, furniture, textiles, porcelain, glass, gold
and silver, fashion, jewellery and armour.
Games Masters, 28 June - 28 October, 2012,
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), is testimony
to Melbourne's reputation as the major creative
hub for Australia's
videogames industry. The event is a highly interactive videogame exhibition
presented as part of the 2012 Melbourne Winter Masterpieces.
Curated by ACMI, Game Masters will showcase the work of
leading local and international videogame designers with more than 125 playable
games from the arcade era through to the latest console and mobile game
technology. More than 40 game designers who have made a significant and
ongoing impact in the field will be profiled throughout the exhibition,
including well-known international, independent and Australian game designers
such as Melbourne-based Firemint, whose mobile game Spy Mouse, was the most
downloaded game on the Apple App Store in September 2011. The designers' work
will be explored through a combination of rare concept artwork, newly
commissioned interviews and playable games.
The Game Masters exhibition will be accompanied by a series
of public, film and education programs, expected to appeal to people of all
ages and abilities, from the budding game developer to smart phone users to
children and the 'original' gamers.
The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia
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| The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia |
From a relatively recent art form to an exhibition of
ancient artefacts. The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia is a major new touring
exhibition showcasing stunning artefacts from one of the world's great ancient
civilizations. It will open at Melbourne
Museum on 4 May, 2012.
Presented in collaboration with The British Museum, The
Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia, explores an era of extraordinary invention and
innovation. Mesopotamia - the Land between the Rivers - occupied what is now
modern Iraq, north east Syria, and south east Turkey. The exhibition will focus
on three of the great centres of ancient civilisation, Sumer, Assyria and Babylon, bringing their rich history to life
through objects and multimedia.
Themes in the exhibition include palaces and royal power,
religious beliefs and rituals, burial practices and royal tombs, and the myths
and legends that surround ancient Mesopotamia.
Following on from the blockbuster Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the
Pharaohs exhibition, The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia will be another
Australian first for Melbourne
Museum.
Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention
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| Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention |
Legends of a slightly different world, world-famous inventor
and animated television personality Wallace and his faithful dog Gromit are
setting up shop and house at Scienceworks as part of an interactive exhibition
called Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention. The exhibition will open from
18 May until November 2012. Young and old alike will delight in exploring 62 West Wallaby Street,
a life-size version of Wallace and Gromit's home and discovering how simple
ideas transform into life-changing inventions.
The Oscar-winning duo will guide visitors through a world of
cracking interactive contraptions including the Telly-scope II, the
Blend-o-matic, the Thinking Cap and the Karaoke Disco Shower, as well as
Wallace's half-baked ideas - from the Chocolate Teapot to the Ice Hot Water
Bottle. There will be hands-on activities, games and more.
Looking towards 2013 and things are getting even more
epic.
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| War Horse |
War Horse
The National Theatre of Great Britain and Global Creatures,
in association with the Arts Centre, have announced that Melbourne has secured the rights to stage the
multiple Tony and Olivier Award-winning War Horse, for a season commencing in
late 2012. Admired by critics and audiences alike, War Horse will be staged at
the Arts Centre's State Theatre, opening in late 2012, with tickets going on
sale April 2012.
In what will be a massive world-first for Melbourne, the creative line-up has been
announced and pre-production is underway for another Global Creatures stage
show promising 'big' things. KING KONG - Live on Stage will be premiering first
at the Regents Theatre in Melbourne
in early 2013 before heading to Broadway.
KING KONG
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| KING KONG |
One of the greatest love stories of all time, KING KONG -
Live on Stage will feature a cast of more than 40 onstage actors, singers,
dancers and puppeteers including a seven-metre animatronics creature currently
in development at a warehouse in Melbourne. The adventure begins in 1933 in New York City at the
height of the Depression. The music in KING KONG will feature several new songs
by Marius de Vries who is also writing the incidental musical score, as well as
arranging the classic period songs that will be featured in the production.
Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring Cycle)
And if that wasn't enough, in 2013 Opera Australia will be
presenting Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring Cycle) at the Arts Centre,
Melbourne. Marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Richard Wagner, during
November and December 2013, Opera Australia will perform three complete cycles
of the four mighty operas which make up his epic vision: Das Rheingold (Rhine gold); Die Walküre (The Valkyrie); Siegfried
Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods).
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| Der Ring des Nibelungen The Ring Cycle |
Director Neil Armfield AO and conductor Richard Mills AM
lead this production, supported by film and theatre designer Robert Cousins.
The international cast includes English soprano Susan Bullock as Brünnhilde,
Finnish bass-baritone Juha Uusitalo as Wotan, American Heldentenor Gary Lehman
as Siegfried and Australian Helden baritone John Wegner as Alberich. Further
casting details will be announced over the coming months.
To celebrate the Melbourne Ring Cycle, Opera Australia has
devised a four week festival including comedy, cabaret, mini versions of The
Ring of the Nibelung, film, food and wine events, lectures, pre-performance
talks, plus a host of other surprising performances in unexplored corners of
the City of Melbourne.
Tickets for The Melbourne Ring Cycle will go on sale later in 2012.
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