The Divorce (TV series)

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The Divorce
The Divorce soundtrack.jpg
Soundtrack cover art
GenreComedy
Opera
Written by Joanna Murray-Smith
Directed by Dean Murphy
Composer Elena Kats-Chernin
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
Executive producerChristopher Gist
ProducerAndrea Denholm
CinematographyRoger Lanser
Running time4×30 minutes
Production companiesPrincess Pictures
Opera Australia
Original release
Network ABC
Release7 December (2015-12-07) 
10 December 2015 (2015-12-10)

The Divorce is an Australian comedy opera miniseries which was broadcast on ABC TV on four successive nights from 7 to 10 December 2015. The four-part series is written by Joanna Murray-Smith with music by Elena Kats-Chernin. Based on an original idea by Lyndon Terracini, it was developed by Opera Australia and directed for television by Dean Murphy. [1] Outside filming took place at Werribee Park Mansion west of Melbourne. [2] The work was shown again in 2017 in a single 95-minute broadcast on Sky Arts and ABC TV.

Contents

Plot

Wealthy couple Iris (Marina Prior) and art critic Jed (John O'May) are happily getting a divorce and throwing an elaborate party. By the end of the evening, Iris and Jed's divorce has triggered a renegotiation of all certainties and the characters are set on an unanticipated course. [3] Louise (Lisa McCune), the younger sister of Iris is secretly in love with art critic Jed. Toby (Hugh Sheridan) is an aspiring artist, hired to work as a waiter at the party. William (Matthew McFarlane) is Iris' young and handsome lover, an accountant who lacks charisma. Caroline (Kate Miller-Heidke) is Jed and Iris' personal assistant who is in trouble with loan sharks Alfie and Ludo. Patrick (Peter Cousens) and Ellen (Melissa Madden Gray) are the best friends of Jed and Iris. [4]

Cast

Soundtrack

The Divorce
Soundtrack album by
soloists as above, Opera Australia Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Vanessa Scammell
Released31 March 2016
Label Universal Music Australia [5]

Universal Music Australia partnered with the production company, Princess Pictures, to release the soundtrack to The Divorce. [6] Elena Kats-Chernin's score was nominated for the 2016 AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score in Television and for ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2016. [7]

Track listing

  1. Overture
  2. Goodbye My Love – Marina Prior, John O'May
  3. They Had Perfection – Chorus
  4. Chilling Champagne – Kate Miller-Heidke
  5. Greetings – Chorus
  6. Other Ships – Marina Prior, Kate Miller-Heidke
  7. Love and Fear – Melissa Madden Gray, Peter Cousens
  8. Cosmopolitan Penguin – Hugh Sheridan [8]
  9. Tick Tock – Lisa McCune
  10. Have you Lost All Love for Jed – Lisa McCune, Marina Prior
  11. Sister, Sister – Lisa McCune
  12. Company, Canapés, Drinks – Chorus
  13. Love Love Bitter – Chorus
  14. At Last – Lisa McCune
  15. Dismemberment – Kate Miller Heidke, Matthew MacFarlane
  16. Appetites – Kate Miller-Heidke [9]
  17. Old Friend, Congratulations – Melissa Madden Gray, Peter Cousens
  18. The Proposal – Marina Prior
  19. Cradle Snatchers – Chorus
  20. What's Going On, What Did She Say – Chorus
  21. No More Notes/I Cannot Wait – Lisa McCune
  22. What's Going On With Caroline – Chorus
  23. Grizzly Remains – Kate Miller-Heidke
  24. I've Told Lou – John O'May
  25. The Way the Light Plays – Lisa McCune, Hugh Sheridan
  26. As a Child – Matthew MacFarlane
  27. The Key – Melissa Madden Gray, Matthew MacFarlane
  28. The Waiter – Lisa McCune
  29. No Gentle Way – Lisa McCune
  30. Hail Jehovah! – Melissa Madden Gray, Peter Cousens, Matthew MacFarlene, Marina Prior, Lisa McCune, Kate Miller-Heidke, Hugh Sheridan, Chorus
  31. The Fitting Glove – Hugh Sheridan
  32. A Charismatic Force – Marina Prior, John O'May
  33. You Laughed, You Kissed – Chorus

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References

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  2. "The Divorce is a comedic opera, and unlike anything else on Australian TV" by Paul Kulina, The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 December 2015
  3. "Lisa McCune sings the praises of opera soap". TV Tonight. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  4. TV Week , 5–11 December 2015
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