Press and Media

Eumeralla: a war requiem for peace, June 15 2019

“the artistic and cultural value of this work will no doubt mark it in the annals of Australian music as a composition of major significance.”
— Maxim boon, Sydney morning herald

Sydney Morning Herald: * * * * ‘Momentous’ Eumeralla: a dark past, a hopeful future

Limelight: * * * * * Eumeralla (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)

woven song: India

Hindu Stan Times: Australia’s indigenous soprano Deborah Cheetham makes India debut

Mid-day: Deborah Cheetham's debut in India: An indigenous soprano's tale

Business Standard: Australia Fest to conclude with Deborah Cheetham's performance in Mumbai, New Delhi

Dhungala children’s choir

ABC News: Dhungala Choral Connection and Eumeralla preview

Australian Stage: The Dhungala Children's Choir in Concert with Archie Roach AM | Short Black Opera

ABC coverage of Dhungala Choral Connection. Songs from Yorta Yorta, Dhauwal Wurrung, Kamilaroi, Wadda Wurrung, Bundjalung and Boon Wurrung.

ABC News: Dhungala Choral Connection 2016

Pecan summer

Australia’s First Indigenous Opera written and composed by Deborah Cheetham AO

Sydney Morning Herald: Pecan Summer review: Deborah Cheetham leads strong cast in epic stolen generations story

The Guardian: Pecan Summer: an opera for Indigenous Australia

Broadway World: Incredibly Moving, Contemporary Opera PECAN SUMMER Brings Australian History To The Sydney Opera House

Songs from the first opera ever written by and for indigenous Australians are being performed at the Esplanade in Singapore on Wednesday 21st June at 7pm. In the first collaboration of its kind, Singaporean singers will perform songs in the Yorta Yorta language from the opera "Pecan Summer". The production tells the story of Australia's stolen generation as it follows the attempts of an 11-year old Aboriginal girl to try to avoid being taken from her parents by the authorities. BBC Newsday presenter Rico Hizon spoke to the writer, composer and artistic director of "Pecan Summer", Deborah Cheetham, who is herself a celebrated opera singer.

BBC World News: Deborah Cheetham and Pecan Summer

The story of Aboriginal soprano Deborah Cheetham

NITV: Secrets of Pecan Summer

Uploaded by Short Black Opera Company on 2014-05-30.

ABC TV, Message Stick: Pecan summer