Perle Noire | Adelaide Festival 2026
Schedule
Sun, 01 Mar, 2026 at 09:30 am to Wed, 04 Mar, 2026 at 11:20 am
UTC+10:30Location
Her Majesty's Theatre | Adelaide, SA
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๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐๐น๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐รฉ๐ฝ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟDirected by lauded opera director (and former Adelaide Festival Artistic Director) Peter Sellars, this genre-defying performance blends opera, jazz, spirituals and the elegance and raunch of early 20th century French music hall into a powerfully emotional song cycle, with spoken interludes by the poet Claudia Rankine.
Bakerโs iconic songs are re-imagined by Tyshawn Sorey, the Pulitzer award-winning composer who fuses improvisational jazz and classical forms to create a work that reaches beyond the commercial limitations of Josรฉphineโs professional lifetime, inviting her to live again in the full scope of her historical and contemporary meaning, heartbreak and glory.
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Sun 1 Mar โ Wed 4 Mar
Director | Peter Sellars
Josรฉphine Baker | Julia Bullock
Composer & Piano/Percussion | Tyshawn Sorey
Music | International Contemporary Ensemble
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Where is it happening?
Her Majesty's Theatre, 50-58 Grote St, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia, AdelaideEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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