Tiana appears in opera production
Fourteen-year-old Umina schoolgirl Tiana Young will appear in Central Coast Opera's first production on Friday, November 15, and Saturday, November 16, at Laycock St Community Theatre.
Tiana, who was recently awarded the Imperial Centre Contemporary Vocal Scholarship and the Macron Music Jazz Scholarship for 2014, studies vocal training with Central Coast Conservatorium of Music tutor Lilija Sile.
She can sing in English, German, French, Italian and Portuguese and is currently undertaking her Grade 7 - Classical and Advancing Step 3 - Contemporary Popular Music Australian Music Examination Board testing.
The Gosford High School student is set to play Emily in Gian Carlo Menotti's space opera Help, Help, The Globolinks!
The space opera features an original English libretto written by the composer in the late 1960s.
In four scenes, the opera tells a story about a bus load of children returning from spring vacation who are taken hostage by alien Globolinks.
The only way to protect themselves from these weird creatures is to play "real music", and Emily is the only child who has remembered her violin.
She keeps the Globolinks at bay long enough to go for help.
The opera is farcical, funny and will be enjoyed by young and old.
The Globolinks are accompanied by weird electronic music, hinting at Menotti's own fear that new wave electronica might eventually replace more traditional forms of music.
Tiana has performed in many roles and is the vocalist for Central Coast Conservatorium's Jazz Big Band.
Help, Help, The Globolinks! will show at Laycock Street Community Theatre on Friday, November 15, at 7.30pm and Saturday, November 16, at 1pm and 7pm.
Email, 7 Nov 2013
Lisa Kelly, Central Coast Conservatorium of Music