{"id":13403,"date":"2019-04-06T21:41:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T11:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?p=13403"},"modified":"2019-06-17T15:53:31","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T05:53:31","slug":"a-flowering-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/?p=13403","title":{"rendered":"A Flowering Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1170px + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h3>Opera Queensland&#8217;s Production of John Adams <em>A Flowering Tree<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>A Flowering Tree was Opera Queensland&#8217;s first opera of their 2019 Season.\u00c2\u00a0 This was my first time being involved with OQ for a number of years, and it was great to be part of this semi-staged opera in QPAC&#8217;s Concert Hall.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Kumudha is a young woman with a secret power \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the ability to transform herself into a tree covered in valuable blossoms. But sometimes rare gifts can inspire both love and jealousy in equal measure.<\/p>\n<p>Exploring themes of magic, transformation and the healing power of deep and selfless love,\u00c2\u00a0<em>A Flowering Tree<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0is a majestic retelling of a traditional Indian folk tale by world renowned composer John Adams.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Images by Stephanie Do Rozario<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:560px;--awb-max-height:315px;--awb-align-self:center;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><lite-youtube videoid=\"t1vJdRgA9Ws\" class=\"landscape\" params=\"wmode=transparent&autoplay=1&amp;enablejsapi=1\" title=\"YouTube video player 1\" data-button-label=\"Play Video\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" data-thumbnail-size=\"auto\" data-no-cookie=\"on\"><\/lite-youtube><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13405,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,59,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-live-sound","category-opera-queensland","category-sound-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13403"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13413,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13403\/revisions\/13413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgahan.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}