15:00, Sunday 15th May 2022

Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music

 

There is an additional live performance of this show on the 14th of May at 19:00.

 

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