1990 Festival
To browse the interactive guide, click the cover.
Artistic Director
John Truscott AO
Dance
Cullberg Ballet (Sweden)
Giselle
Choreographed by Mats Ek
DV8 Physical Theatre (UK)
Music
Australian Chamber Orchestra (Australia)
Chamber Music Lunchtime Series (Multinational)
Die Kammermusiker Zürich with Nina Corti (Switzerland)
Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Inti-Illimani, Paco Peña, John Williams (Multinational)
Jimmy Witherspoon (USA)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Australia)
PDQ Bach
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Australia)
From the New Worlds
With Gary Kerr and Ralph Kirshbaum
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Australia)
Saturday Symphony
With Ralph Kirshbaum
Mike Nock and Mickey Tucker (Australia/UK)
Paradise City Jazz Band (USA)
Morton to Monk: Sixty Years of Classic Jazz
Placido Domingo (Multinational)
Rantos Collegium (Australia)
Music Theatre
Divine Metropolis: Celebrating the Musical Career of Kurt Weill (Australia)
Reg Livermore (Australia)
Wish You Were Here
Music/Dance
Africa/Oye! (Multinational)
Opera
John Russell Productions (Australia)
El Cimarron
by Hans Werner Henze
With Lyndon Terracini and Nova Ensemble
Outdoors
Opening Night and Outdoor Displays (Australia)
Station House Opera (UK)
Piranesi in New York
Street Theatre Program (Multinational)
VicHealth Festival of Music (Multinational)
Theatre
Abingdon Square
by Maria Irene Fornes (Australia)
Jérôme Descamps' The Zenith Brothers (France)
John Carson (Ireland)
So What
Nigel Triffit's Adaptation of Moby Dick (Australia)
Playbox Theatre Company (Australia)
Sabat Jesus
Music by David Chesworth, directed by Ariette Taylor
The Trestle Theatre Company (UK)
L'Amfiparnaso
by Orazio Vecchi
Theatre of Image (Australia)
Swimming in Light: The World of Lloyd Rees
Visual Arts
Antonio Balletta (Italy)
David Keeling (Australia)
Fourth Australian Sculpture Triennial (Australia)
Geoffrey Bartlett (Australia)
Hollywood at Home (USA)
Opulence: The Kubota Kiminos (Japan)
Judith Neuwiller (Australia)
Lenton Parr (Australia)
Michael Nelson Tjakamarra (Australia)
Peter D Cole (Australia)
The Age of Suleyman the Magnificent
The Last Edwardians: A Dedication to Violet Trefusis by John Philips (UK)
The W R Johnston Trust Collection (Australia)
Trefor Prest (Australia)
Victor Meertens (Australia)
Grafica: International Graphic Design (Multinational)
William Latham (UK)
The Evolution of Form
Special Events
Botanica (Australia)
Festival Forums (Multinational)
International Food Festival (Multinational)
Melbourne Fringe Festival (Australia)
Melbourne Writers' Festival (Multinational)
Piccolo Arts Festival (Australia)
The Civilisation Lectures (Multinational)
Drama and Theatre in the Ancient World
The Festival Club
- About Us
- Festival History
- Past Festivals
- 1986 Festival
- 1987 Festival
- 1988 Festival
- 1989 Festival
- 1990 Festival
- 1991 Festival
- 1992 Festival
- 1993 Festival
- 1994 Festival
- 1995 Festival
- 1996 Festival
- 1997 Festival
- 1998 Festival
- 1999 Festival
- 2000 Festival
- 2001 Festival
- 2002 Festival
- 2003 Festival
- 2004 Festival
- 2005 Festival
- 20 Years of Melbourne Festival
- 2006 Festival
- 2007 Festival
- 2008 Festival
- 2009 Festival
- 2010 Festival
- 2011 Festival
- 2012 Festival
- 2013 Festival
- 2014 Festival
- 2015 Festival
- 30 Year Anniversary Book
- 2016 Festival
- 2017 Festival
- Board of Directors
- Staff
- Volunteer
- Work With Us