Some Divas were Born to Die! 
In opera houses around the world sopranos are DYING! 

The causes of their deaths are as limitless as the dead composers responsible for creating this dying artform. 

But YOU can help! 

You can help save opera from dying! 

This dusty old tradition of dead composers killing off poor, *mostly* innocent Divas must come to an end! 

Well... Maybe not... 

Actually, the operaphiles here at Death By Soprano like death scenes so much that we've taken ALL the great Soprano deaths and squeezed them into one jam packed, 60-minute theatrical orgy of operatic doom! 

To make this show as exciting as possible we need your help! And we have created some fantastic rewards in return for your support. Choose from your very own Brunhilde Beanie, a beautiful photo book or the full operatic shebang in your own lounge room. 

Funds generated by this campaign will help us hire a piano, gain coaching from internationally renowned musical experts and hire the Melba Spiegeltent. All of this will help us create the most exciting show possible for you - our fantastic audience. 

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We need your help. Sopranos are Dying!

Previous development seasons of Death by Soprano have been, by necessity, small enough from a logistical perspective that we could fit the entire show in the back of an ageing, rickety car. Now that we have secured the amazing, historical space afforded by Circus Oz in the Melba Spiegeltent, we can spread out and deliver this show the way it was originally intended. 

Firstly, the space itself.


The Melba Spiegeltent at Circus Oz was built in Belgium in 1910 and has travelled across Europe and seen numerous artists through it's doors, including Edith Piaf and Kurt Weil in the 20s and 30s. In 2006 it travelled to Australia and was renamed after one of Australia's most famous singers, operatic soprano Dame Nellie Melba. Clearly, it is the perfect space to host our Fringe season, and we were incredibly lucky to secure it. 
Hire of the Melba Spiegeltent is approximately $4,000, for the two weeks of our season.


Then comes the sound!
We have performed development shows of Death by Soprano on an electronic piano, but the space and acoustics of the Speigeltent demand something a little more robust and sonorous. We have managed to source a full sized Yamaha C3 Grand Piano from Melbourne Piano Moves for the season.
Hire of a Yamaha C3 Grand Piano is approximately $2,000 for the two weeks of our season, including moving and tuning.

Once we have the venue and the sound, our next job is making sure that the visuals match up to the aurals. To that end, the paper flipbook that we have used in previous iterations of Death by Soprano isn't viewable all around the circular venue, so we are going to use some projectors that will make sure everyone knows what's going on! The Optoma W306ST data projector retails for $1,299, and we'll need two of them for the show. 

Then we need to get the word in the streets to make sure that people can actually come to the show! Our first run of posters for the show, including printing and distribution, is going to cost $1,200 to put the Diva on all of the very best walls around our fair town.