19:00, Saturday 14th May 2022
Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music
There is an additional live and streamed performance of this show on the 15th of May at 15:00.
Music and Words:
The Three Penelopes: Richie Johnsen/Sam Norman
Growing Wings: Eluned Davies/Alfie Coates
Gilbert Feathers: Michael Hughes/Jack Crowe
Flights: Tymon Zgorzelski/Olga Tokarczuk/Jennifer Croft
Gerstl: Liam Dougherty
My Days as a Zombie on Earth: Darren Sng
Hear six brand-new mini operas created by RCM composers and performed by RCM singers working in association with pathfinding opera company Tête à Tête.
The journey to self-acceptance is one of the great storylines in opera and literature. RCM composers lead us on an odyssey through six vivid operatic worlds, with each unexpected protagonist embarking on the journey of their lifetime – from the metamorphosis of a butterfly to a zombie on a quest to regain his humanity.
The performance on 15 May will be live streamed at www.rcm.ac.uk/live.
Produced by the Royal College of Music in association with Tête à Tête.
Director: Bill Bankes-Jones
Conductor: Timothy Burke
Designer: Sarah Jane Booth
The Three Penelopes
Music: Richie Johnsen
Words: Sam Norman
Vicar: Daniel Barrett
Marie: Georgia Melville
Josephine: Jess Edom-Carey
Ulrike: Katrine Deleuran
Ingrid: Charlotte Kelso
Henry: Sam Harris
Growing Wings
Music: Eluned Davies
Words: Alfie Coates
Soprano Caterpillar: Hannah Crocker
Father: Henry Wright
Sister: Denira Coleman
Mother: Caitlin Golding
Tenor Caterpillar: Daniel Gray Bell
Bird: Ross Fettes
Gilbert Feathers
Music: Michael Hughes
Words: Jack Crowe
Dave Gilbert: Matthew Iddeson
Interviewer: Alysia Hanshaw
Abi Gilbert: Alicia Hill
Ronnie O’Sullivan: Maria Willis
Stephen Hendry: Rachel Allen
Flights
Music & Libretto: Tymon Zgorzelski
Author: Olga Tokarczuk
Translation: Jennifer Croft
Annushka: Leah Redmond
Galina: Taryn Surratt
Katarina: Katherine Allen
Bogdan: Matthias Daehling
Horse: Ross Fettes
Gerstl
Words & Music: Liam Dougherty
Mathilde Schönberg: Lucie Curé
Arnold Schönberg: Matthias Daehling
Richard Gerstl: Dafydd Allen
Richard Gerstl: Henry Wright
Richard Gerstl: Daniel Barrett
My Days as a Zombie on Earth
Words & Music: Darren Sng
Zombie: Connor Dalton
Sister: Lucy Gibbs
Teenage Boy: Daniel Gray Bell
Doctor: Jiyu Chen
Judgemental Woman 1: Alysia Hanshaw
Judgemental Woman 2: Holly Graham
Judgemental Woman 3: Jess Edom-Carey
Director: Bill Bankes-Jones
Conductor: Timothy Burke
Designer: Sarah Jane Booth
The Three Penelopes
Music: Richie Johnsen
Words: Sam Norman
Vicar: Daniel Barrett
Marie: Georgia Melville
Josephine: Jess Edom-Carey
Ulrike: Katrine Deleuran
Ingrid: Charlotte Kelso
Henry: Sam Harris
Growing Wings
Music: Eluned Davies
Words: Alfie Coates
Soprano Caterpillar: Hannah Crocker
Father: Henry Wright
Sister: Denira Coleman
Mother: Caitlin Golding
Tenor Caterpillar: Daniel Gray Bell
Bird: Ross Fettes
Gilbert Feathers
Music: Michael Hughes
Words: Jack Crowe
Dave Gilbert: Matthew Iddeson
Interviewer: Alysia Hanshaw
Abi Gilbert: Alicia Hill
Ronnie O’Sullivan: Maria Willis
Stephen Hendry: Rachel Allen
Flights
Music & Libretto: Tymon Zgorzelski
Author: Olga Tokarczuk
Translation: Jennifer Croft
Annushka: Leah Redmond
Galina: Taryn Surratt
Katarina: Katherine Allen
Bogdan: Matthias Daehling
Horse: Ross Fettes
Gerstl
Words & Music: Liam Dougherty
Mathilde Schönberg: Lucie Curé
Arnold Schönberg: Matthias Daehling
Richard Gerstl: Dafydd Allen
Richard Gerstl: Henry Wright
Richard Gerstl: Daniel Barrett
My Days as a Zombie on Earth
Words & Music: Darren Sng
Zombie: Connor Dalton
Sister: Lucy Gibbs
Teenage Boy: Daniel Gray Bell
Doctor: Jiyu Chen
Judgemental Woman 1: Alysia Hanshaw
Judgemental Woman 2: Holly Graham
Judgemental Woman 3: Jess Edom-Carey