''Love in the Age of Therapy'' is an opera composed by

Paul Grabowsky Paul Atherstone Grabowsky (born 27 September 1958) is an Australian pianist and composer. Biography Born in Lae, Papua New Guinea, Grabowsky is a pianist and composer of music for film, theatre and opera. His father Alistair had lived in Papu ...

with a libretto by

Joanna Murray-Smith Joanna Murray-Smith (born 17 April 1962) is a Melbourne-based Australian playwright, screenwriter, novelist, librettist and newspaper columnist. Life and career Murray-Smith was born in Mount Eliza, Victoria; her father was the literary editor ...

. It premiered in October 2002 for OzOpera at the Playhouse,

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as part of the

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. It also played a season at the Drama Theatre,

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for the

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in January 2003. The production received six nominations at the 2003 Helpmann Awards, including Best Opera, Best New Australian Work and Best Original Score.

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