Renowned performing arts company IHOS Amsterdam returns to its former home in Tasmania with this captivating chamber opera combining live vocal and instrumental music, interwoven with film.

Through the world of a composer torn between artistic values and political expediency in a threatening authoritarian climate, we learn the ultimate cost of compromising one’s values. Resonating with current world events, A Deep Black Sleep explores nationalism, wall-building and the manipulation of art for political gain.

Underscored by a chamber ensemble of instrumentalists, the rich combination of artistic forms produces a layered story-telling experience. Hobart audiences will remember IHOS for their many large scale, ambitious performance spectacles such as To Traverse Water, Tesla and Days and Nights With Christ.

Libretto Alan Mauritz Swanson
Tenor Tyrone Landau
Direction, lighting and design Constantine Koukias & Slavisa Drobnjaković
Music director Donald Bate
Lighting, projections & camera consultant Jason James
Film sequence director Slavisa Drobnjaković
Musicians Derek Grice, Gabriella Smart, Hayato Simpson, Konrad Park, Julius Schwing
Camera Arjan Kok
Sound consultant Greg Gurr
Director of photography Aleksandar Mijailović
Technical director Ivan Johnston
Film sequence editors Mihajlo Jevtić + Ferdy Roozen
Wardrobe Elizabeth Monaghan
Masks Churchill Studios