Oxenbould

Under Moffatt Oxenbould, a yearly National Opera Workshop was devised which enabled selected composers and creators to "access the resources and expertise of the National Company" Oxenbould.

The pacing is sluggish, the scenes feel stagy, and Joe (Ed Oxenbould), Jeanette and Jerry's fourteen-year-old son, is mainly called upon to offer up a series of shocked expressions at his mom's behavior, and to look uncannily like an adolescent Dano.

The first few years of the present century saw the retirement of Moffatt Oxenbould, Opera Australia's Artistic Director for 15 years, and the appointment of Simone Young as Musical Director.

To honour the retiring director, the Young Artists' Program was renamed the "Moffatt Oxenbould Young Artists' Development Program".