Rehearsals are underway for Australia’s first Indigenous opera, starring a cast of Indigenous singers from around the country. Two years ago Deborah Cheetham began her search for Indigenous opera singers, in collaboration with the Wilin Centre at the Victorian College of the Arts. She now has a cast of 15 Indigenous singers. The opera is called ‘Pecan Summer’ and it will premiere in Melbourne in October next year. ABC News, 18 September 2009.