The Princess and the Pea
Lights! Camera! Action! Everyone’s favourite fairy tale is heading to the small screen in Victorian Opera’s new family production.
Young princess or hopeful TV star? The Princess and the Pea is transported to a modern day television studio on the set of a hit show. Arriving for her first day of filming, our quirky “Princess” must prove herself to her famous colleagues. Filled with stacks of colour, beautiful singing and a live orchestra, this story will teach you not to judge a book by its cover.
Composer Ernst Toch’s musical rendition of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Princess and the Pea receives its Australian premiere. With a cast of opera’s brightest talent, Libby Hill returns to direct this fun family production following Hansel and Gretel, Alice’s Adventures in Operaland and Cinderella.
*** NOTE: Full Ticket price listed is for a family pass. This includes 2 adults and 2 children. You may take up to 4 tickets per member.
Feedback/Comments
It was good but it requires further refinement. I am not sure I would have wanted to pay full price.
The show was wonderful!
Thank you in the house, this is so fantastic!
A cute piece but needs refining, Translations too meagre for children to remain interested me thinks. But overall an interesting performance.
A nice intro to opera, however some interaction with the audience may have held the wee ones attention more.
A lovely performance thoroughly enjoyed by adults & children alike. The story line was easy to follow (kids aged 7, 9 & 11) & stage setting looked terrific. Big thanks to OTH!
Great, but would of been even better if there were surtitles for all of it.
Good idea as an introduction of opera to children, but not as engaging for the children as anticipated.
The orchestra was fantastic but I didn't know the would be singing in German. i struggled to understand what was happening in the play because I don't speak German.
Well presented, beautiful put together childish version of an old claissic. Children were still engaged for majority of the show despite the language barrier.
Great energy from the performers, Hard for kids to follow though. It's tough as sleeping beauty was so good the week before that it's hard to compare. I think they need more visual stimulation to keep the kids keen. I loved it though. Music was brilliant, singing was wonderful.
conedic elements good ...
length of perfornance good ...
adults enjoyed it ...
kids not as much ...
thanking on the house for the
experience ...
German operatic performance fairy tale story line. Would have been better enjoyed by a general audience as an English performance.
A great little opera to introduce young ones to opera.
Great day out in the city - it was short (which was good) as it was difficult to follow being in German. But, there was plenty of spoken word and comedy to keep it ticking along.
What a wonderful fun performance for families. Fun storyline, great costumes and sets and fabulous singing !!!
Children agrd 9 and 11 were a little disinterested and quite restless & bored at times. Perhaps simplicity of set and repetition of storyline to blame. Would have been nice if story was retold with a modern day twist, far too predictable even for the kids. Sorry would not recommend this one.
Fabulous voices and the orchestra were superb. The length of the show and fun set design were perfect for the intended audience. However, the attempt to inject current day into a classic story seemed to add confusion for a young audience that was already struggling with the German. We've been keen supporters of Victoria Opera's family shows for the last few years and think they are a great introduction to opera for the entire family,sadly this one failed to capture our interest.
Fantastic!
Both our kid and we loved it
Great piece of musical accompaniment to an amusing story!
Excellent performances from the cast. The singing was fabulous, though the children could not understand why it was in German. The TV host did explain in English what was to happen and the same was on small screens on each side of the stage. Obviously this had to be read to younger children. An enjoyable show for all ages.
Not that appealing to adults as it was in German, but my niece really enjoyed it.
Good elements but not the best from the Victorian Opera.
Great intro for 4 and 7 year olds. The seven year old is bilingual so understood the concept of it being sung in German. The 4 year old kept telling me "I can't understand them"
Good fun and throughly enjoyable. Only criticism would be to have in English as an introduction piece for children
Great introduction to opera for the young'uns!
The slapstick elements certainly entertained the kids, but this was a small component of the performance. The operatic talents of the performers were certainly evident, but this play held little interest.
Delightful intro to opera. My niece loved it and had a thoroughly enjoyable time.
A bit too modern for an opera, but kids enjoyed it.
Kids loved it!!❤❤❤
Light opera at times a little boring
excellent show for children
I thought the show was good, well done for children. Could have been more interesting for adults as well if the entire singing was sur-titled. The costumes were great.
Short and sweet. Bright and fun. A story within a story could be a bit confusing for some children. Excellent staging and costume design. Just enough in the text on side of stage to give a guide to the plot. A nice piece to take on the schools circuit.
Hard to keep the younger ones interested
Compared to "The Sleeping Beauty" recently, definitely one more for the kids, who seemed to particularly enjoy the slapstick elements.
I thought this was an excellent intro for children and young adults to opera. It is only when you present something relevant to people do they take a liking to it initially. Who doesn't know the story of The Princess and The Pea :) So, I thought it was very clever indeed. As always, great voices and acting by the fabulous cast at Victoria Opera. I want to also add that it is a real treat to be spoilt by a real live orchestra. We loved the show. Really wonderful.
Great taste of opera for children. We thoroughly enjoyed it! Go see it
Loved every second, thanks so much to the on the house team.
we have find it not easy to follow and a bit chaotic. Length wise was it perfect 45 min.
A fun and lively adaptation of the princess and the pea, great costumes, good fun for all the family.
Hilarious opera for whole family!Highly recommended.The only regret is my children's German not good enough to understand.
Brilliant, outstanding, great, thanks to the on the house crew again.
Excellent show. The 3 and 4 year old would have had more enjoyment from it in English. Great day
Needs more work on the construction in order to maintain the audiences attention and to follow the story line, especially with a young audience. Perhaps lyics in english or complete translation needed. Great score, dramatic, well played, good movements and loved listening to it. Beautiful voices by all the actors.