World Premiere: Earth
Deborah Cheetham Fraillon explains how her new work broke her compositional silence after the Voice to Parliament referendum left her mute.
February 19, 2024
Deborah Cheetham Fraillon
Deborah Cheetham AO is Artistic Director of Short Black Opera and describes herself as a 21st-century urban woman who is Yorta Yorta by birth, stolen generation by government policy, soprano by diligence, composer by necessity and lesbian by practice.
Articles by Deborah Cheetham Fraillon
The Chineke! Effect – if you can see it, you can be it
Deborah Cheetham talks with Chi-chi Nwanoku about tackling the lack of diversity in classical music.
December 17, 2021
Deborah Cheetham: Star Power
The composer tells us about her response to Beethoven’s Ninth, which premieres at the MSO’s Season Opening Gala.
February 6, 2020