20:20-20:50, Saturday 10th September 2022
The Cockpit
Music: Samuel Pradalie
Words: Samuel Pradalie and Erik Satie
This show was part of the fifteenth Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival.
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He only ate white food, founded his own religion, refused to use an umbrella in the rain out of fear of it getting wet, and drank absinth every day of his life; all whilst composing some of the most original music of the 20th Century. Join us for the premier of a new opera entering the charmingly eccentric, surreal world of Erik Satie.
Memoirs of an Amnesiac: The Life of Erik Satie is a set of surreal, humorous vignettes based on Satie’s writings. Drawing heavily on his own music the show looks to transport the audience to the eccentric, ritualistic and uncanny world of Erik Satie.
Memoirs of an Amnesiac: The Life of Erik Satie is generously supported by the RVW Trust.
Age Rating: All ages, but mostly adults.
Content Advisory: None. To see content advisories for Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2022 shows, click here.
In a festival of new work, please note that shows can often overrun.
Produced by Memoirs of an Amnesiac (Opera)
Venue: The Cockpit, Gateforth Street, London NW8 8EH.
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On the same day:
Music: Samuel Pradalie
Words: Samuel Pradalie and Erik Satie
Musical Director: Kieron Smith
Erik Satie (Tenor): Alex Akhurst
Director: James Rosser
Piano: Alexander Edward Ling
Piccolo: Maisie Whiteman
Clarinet: Emma Gerrett
Contrabassoon: Daria Phillips
Violin: Andrew Liddell
Cello: Isabelle Grey
Accordion: Doris Prügel-Bennett
Music: Samuel Pradalie
Words: Samuel Pradalie and Erik Satie
Musical Director: Kieron Smith
Erik Satie (Tenor): Alex Akhurst
Director: James Rosser
Piano: Alexander Edward Ling
Piccolo: Maisie Whiteman
Clarinet: Emma Gerrett
Contrabassoon: Daria Phillips
Violin: Andrew Liddell
Cello: Isabelle Grey
Accordion: Doris Prügel-Bennett