Opera's Bad Girl

OPERA’S BAD GIRL tells the untamed true story of Anna Bishop — opera’s original rebel. A Victorian-era trailblazer who defied her time, she lived fast, sang farther, and dared to do what no woman had done before.

Leaving her famous composer husband, defying polite society she ran off with her harpist lover — embarking on a globe-trotting adventure so wild it reads like fiction: shipwrecks, tiger attacks, hostage-takings, war zones and epidemics — and through it all, she sang. To royalty. To rebels. To packed houses on every continent — including three history-making tours of Australia, where she performed in the goldfields shaping our musical identity.

Accompanied by John Martin, renowned Canberra soprano, Sarahlouise Owens breathes life into Anna's incredible story through songs and arias of the day such as, Lucia's Mad Scene, Home Sweet Home and Last Rose of Summer.

One woman. One voice. One unforgettable story.