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Opera Makers

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

— ,Milton Court Studio Theatre
Three opera singers sat on a bed with red rope-like hanging down from ceiling. Small ensemble performing in background

Opera Makers features scenes from three Puccini operas, and new works written by composers and librettists on Guildhall’s MA in Opera Making & Writing.

Don't miss the chance to see three opera premieres performed by singers and repetiteurs from the first year of the Guildhall Opera Course: The Casserole, Time and Tide and Ursa Minor.

Tagged with: Classical music Guildhall School Young Barbican

Please note, Opera Makers contains strong language, depictions of aggressive sexual advances and scenes involving blood. Haze will feature as part of this performance.

Presented by Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Programme

Evan Snyder (composer), Hannah Hayden (librettist) The Casserole
Will Gardner (composer), Sara Clifford (librettist) Time and Tide
Zygmund De Somogyi (composer), Alexia Peniguel (librettist) Ursa Minor
Puccini Scene from La rondine
Puccini Scene from Turandot
Puccini Scene from Edgar

Cast:

Ursa Minor

Sang Eup Son Arthur
Biqing Zhang Callie
Karima El Demerdasch Diana
Tom McGowan Bear Cub

Time and Tide

Georgie Malcolm mother
Hector Bloggs father
Josh Saunders son

The Casserole

Samantha Hargreaves Anna
Dominic Lee Kevin
Mariana Fernandes Mabel
Karima El Demerdasch Marion
Julia Merino Myrtle

La rondine (Quartet, Act II)

Mariana Fernandes Magda
Biqing Zhang Lisette
Dominic Lee Ruggero
Josh Saunders Prunier

Turandot (Act II, Scene I) 

Tom McGowan Ping
Sang Eup Son Pang
Josh Saunders Pong

Edgar (Scene from Act I)
 
Dominic Lee Edgar
Georgie Malcolm Fidelia
Karima El Demerdasch Tigrana
Hector Bloggs Frank
 

Creative team

Ashley Dean director
Dominic Wheeler conductor
Laurie Slavin assistant director
Alistair Burton assistant conductor
Ben Kubiak répétiteur
Samuele Piccinini répétiteur
Henry Reavey répétiteur
Meghan Rhoades répétiteur

Milton Court Studio Theatre