The Parts We Give - Songcycle World Premiere
An "oasis for the soul" and "delicately raw" as it is intricately crafted with moving textures - ABC
Christine Pan’s music [...] reminiscent of John Adams met a fearlessness to fully explore the colours - Limelight
Christine Pan is all about people and the human condition, how we behave in certain ways and what drives us. - Musica Viva AU
Step into the sonic future with the world premiere of The Parts We Give, a bold new hyperpop song-cycle by Australian-Chinese composer Christine Pan. This genre-blending, high-voltage performance rips apart the seams of classical tradition and stitches them back together with glitchy synths, distorted vocals, and raw emotional power.
Didi and Jiejie exist in a space between memory and simulation—two siblings chasing echoes of a life they’re only beginning to understand. As they reconstruct a shared past shaped by sacrifice, care, and cultural pressure, they begin to question what was chosen, what was inherited, and what was ever truly theirs.
Soprano Megan Kim (Queensland Opera’s Young Artist 2025) brings crystalline fragility to Jiejie, while Tenor Wesley Yu (finalist in the 2025 Nicholas Tarling Aria Competition) delivers a fiercely intimate portrait of Didi. Their voices drive a story that flickers between past and present, between the spaces of what’s real and unreal.
The Parts We Give is part concert, part transmission from another dimension. This one-hour concert reshapes the rules of music theatre, fusing opera and hyperpop into something radically new. Be the first to witness this genre-defying work at East Sydney Community and Arts Centre.
The Parts We Give is proudly supported by the APRAAMCOS Arts Music Fund 2024
Presented in Partnership with BLUSH OPERA
WHEN:
Friday 27 – Saturday 28 June 2025
7:30 PM
WHERE:
East Sydney Community and Arts Centre
34–40 Burton Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
PUBLIC TRANSPORT:
Best way to get to the venue are via:
bus on Oxford Street, keep in mind it will be a short walk down a steep hill to the venue.
Train to Museum station and a 4 minute walk.
For more information about accessibility, visit the ESCAC Accessibility Instructional Video. https://youtu.be/uYNX_m-vXZU?si=6YHSrP_XLh16VPmZ
RUN TIME:
1 hour (no interval)
Recommended for fans of:
SOPHIE, Björk, Caroline Polachek, experimental music, boundary-pushing performance.
CREATIVE TEAM:
Christine Pan - Composer, Librettist, Sound Designer
Wesley Yu - Tenor playing the role of Didi
Megan Kim - Soprano playing the role of Jiejie
Nicole Pingon - Director and Dramaturg
Luna Ng - Lighting Designer
Hailley Hunt - Costume and Set Designer
Amy Zhang - Production Assistant
Ayako Ohtake - Development Artist
Dominic Lui - Development Artist
Daniel Pini - FABLE ARTS Game Developer
Paul Smith - Blush Opera Artistic Director and Producer
TICKETS AND SUPPORT:
Full Admission – $45.00
Standard entry to the performance.
‘Heartline’ Ticket – $55.00
Support the thread that keeps us connected. The extra $10 goes directly toward the post premiere, development for The Parts We Give into something much bigger. Heartline ticket holders will receive a small thank-you surprise on the night.
*Accessible Tickets available upon request. Please contact Blush for details.
All tickets are Unassigned Seatings.
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