love fail by David Lang

“exceptional…potent and streamlined…a fantastic contemporary exploration and reflection on love” – Limelight

Australian Contemporary Opera Co (MEL) and Monk Parrots (NYC) Present love fail by David Lang

Live performance and video screening

Four beautiful voices performing live, with simple, haunting percussion and combined with the screening of video footage captured in upstate New York – FED SQUARE becomes a contemporary music-film-opera oasis for everyone on a Melbourne summer night.

Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winner and Oscar nominee DAVID LANG was inspired by one of the greatest love stories ever told.

“I thought I might learn something about love if I could explore this in a piece, putting details abstracted from many different retellings of Tristan and Isolde next to texts that are more modern, more recognisable to us, more real”

Artistic Director Linda Thompson

Video Director Luke Leonard

Music Director Patrick Burns

Featuring (LIVE)

Amelia Jones

Heather Fletcher

Linda Barcan

Alexandra Amerides

“With its mix of simplicity and complexity, love fail is both haunting and thought-provoking.” – Grammophone

Find out more: https://www.acoco.org.au/love-fail-at-fed-sq