Presented by: Adelaide Festival
Directed by lauded opera director (and former Adelaide Festival Artistic Director) Peter Sellars, this genre-defying performance blends opera, jazz, spirituals and the elegance and raunch of early 20th century French music hall into a powerfully emotional song cycle, with spoken interludes by the poet Claudia Rankine.
Baker’s iconic songs are re-imagined by Tyshawn Sorey, the Pulitzer award-winning composer who fuses improvisational jazz and classical forms to create a work that reaches beyond the commercial limitations of Joséphine’s professional lifetime, inviting her to live again in the full scope of her historical and contemporary meaning, heartbreak and glory.
Julia Bullock’s performance reincarnates Joséphine Baker, inviting this extraordinary Black woman at last to claim and command the full range of her astonishing powers.
1 hour, 50 minutes no interval
Sun 1 - Wed 4 Mar 2026Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, SA<
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Venue: Her Majesty's Theatre, SA
Date: ---- SELECT DATE ---- Sun 01 Mar 2026 7:30PM Tue 03 Mar 2026 7:30PM Wed 04 Mar 2026 7:30PM Go
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Recommended for ages 12+ Contains nudity, sexual references and references to racial violence and abuse. Performed in English and French with English surtitles Latecomers not admitted.