IHOS Music Theatre and Opera is a

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opera company that was established in

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in 1990, by composer and artistic director

Constantine Koukias Constantine Koukias (born 14 October 1965) is a Tasmanian composer and opera director of Greek ancestry based in Amsterdam, where he is known by his Greek name of Konstantin Koukias. He is the co-founder and artistic director of IHOS Music The ...

, and production director

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. It specializes in creating original music-theatre and opera works.

Major repertoire

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, Libretto by Natasha Cica'' *

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and English by

. Dedicated to the memory of Józef Wawrzynczak'' *

To Traverse Water ''To Traverse Water'' is an opera by Constantine Koukias a Tasmanian composer and opera director of Greek ancestry based in Amsterdam, where he is known by his Greek name of Konstantin Koukias. The opera depicts a young Greek woman's departure for ...

- ''An Opera in Two Parts Sung in Ecclesiastical & Modern Greek by

'' *

Days and Nights with Christ ''Days and Nights with Christ'' is the first of five full-scale operas by the Constantine Koukias a Tasmanian composer and opera director of Greek ancestry based in Amsterdam, where he is known by his Greek name of Konstantin Koukias. This was the ...

- ''An opera by

'' * Prayer Bells - ''A concert piece by

'' * The Lunch Box - ''A chamber opera by Thanapoom Sirichang, sung in Thai''

IHOS Music Theatre Laboratory

In late 1999 IHOS formed the ''IHOS Music Theatre Laboratory'', a sub-section of the main company that provides training for young opera / music-theatre performers, as well as commissioning and collaborative opportunities for Australian composers, directors and designers.

Works premiered

*2007 As if Electronically Controlled (Full Premiere) Christopher Williams *2007 Colonial Pictures Simon Reade *2006 As if Electronically Controlled (Workshop only) Christopher Williams *2005 The Death of Chatterton Matthew Dewey *2005 Da Ponte in Absentia

*2004 Blood Lights Ian Cresswell *2004 A Priest's Passion Matthew Dewey *2004 Succubus Michael Lampard *2004 For No Apparent Reason

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*2003 The Fall of the House of Usher

Maria Grenfell Maria Grenfell (born 1969) is an Australian music teacher and composer. Early life and education Maria Grenfell was born in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia in 1969. She grew up and was educated in Christchurch, New Zealand, where she graduated from the ...

*2003 Creatures of the Wind Kate Moore *2003 Scenes from a Calabrese Opera Angelina Zucco *2002 Eden's Bequest (second stage) Rosemary Austen *2002 Harmony Allan Badalassi *2002 Touch Wood Claudio Pompili *2002 Antigone Sketches

*2002 POP Sally Rees, Matt Warren *2002 A Lizard Between Her Breasts Raffaele Marcellino *2001 Happy New Ears Graeme Leak *2001 Death by Defenestration Joe Bugden *2001 Eden's Bequest Rosemary Austen *2001 Sway Lisa Morisset *2001 Slip - Synthetic Spaces Christos Linou Hugh Covill *2000 Images from the Life of Nikola Tesla

*2000 The Tesla Project

Notable Laboratory Alumni

* Matthew Dewey - Composer * Rachel Wenona Guy - Performer, Singer, Writer, Visual Artist * Sarah Jones - Singer * Michael Lampard - Singer and Composer * Craig Wood - Performer and Composer * Christos Linou - Performer / Choreographer

External links

IHOS Music Theatre and OperaThe Tasmanian Composers Collective
{{authority control Tasmanian musical groups Australian opera companies Musical groups established in 1990 Music in Tasmania