Il console by Menotti, mar 28 gen 2020, Da (2020/2020), Diretto da Menila Moineaux, Direttore d'orchestra Edwin Spark, St Stephen's Uniting Church, Sydney, Australia

“To this we’ve come, that men withhold the world from men ... that man be born a stranger upon God’s earth, that he be chosen without a chance for choice, that he be hunted without a hope of refuge ...” Nearly seventy years after its premiere, and halfway across the world, these lines from Menotti’s The Consul still ring uncomfortably and unhappily true. With no alternative and time running out, a family seeks refuge from another country to no avail. Desperate people seek help and salvation from emotionless and immovable authorities, with devastating consequences. We were delighted to donate profits from The Consul to the Asylum Seekers' Centre and the Asylum Seekers' Resource Centre, who do invaluable work with refugees and asylum seekers in Australia.