19:00-22:00, Monday 24th June 2024
Britten Theatre
Airtime: Ed Driver & Samir Chadha
The Drifterman: Connie Harris
Fanny and Stella’s Last Day Out: Jasper Dommett & Jessica Walker
Church on the Blood: Jasmine Morris
I (Romance) – based on the 1924 novel by Mykola Khvylovy: Alisa Zaika
The Anthem: Jasper Eaglesfield & Harry Davies
There are also performances on the 26th & 28th June.
Six new short operas created by RCM composers and performed by RCM singers working in association with opera company Tête à Tête.
Each short work draws the audience into a different world, offering a unique opportunity to hear contrasting approaches to opera from these up-and-coming young composers. The programme includes The Anthem by Jasper Eaglesfield, who is also featured in the RCM Philharmonic’s Orchestral Masterworks concert on 18 April, and Fanny and Stella’s Last Day Out by Jasper Dommett, whose music was praised in The Scotsman for its ‘crystalline gestures’ and ‘languid lyricism’.
Produced by the Royal College of Music in association with Tête à Tête.
Venue: Britten Theatre, Prince Consort Road, Royal College of Music, London, GB SW7 2BS
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Conductor: Michael Rosewell
Director: Bill Bankes-Jones
Designer: Sarah Booth
Lighting Designer: Colin Eversdijk
Airtime: Ed Driver & Samir Chadha
The Drifterman: Connie Harris
Fanny and Stella’s Last Day Out: Jasper Dommett & Jessica Walker
Church on the Blood: Jasmine Morris
I (Romance) – based on the 1924 novel by Mykola Khvylovy: Alisa Zaika
The Anthem: Jasper Eaglesfield & Harry Davies
I (Romance)
KGB Agent: Oliver Bowes
Andruiusha: Simon Mascarenhas-Carter
Dr Tagabath: David Afzelius
The Degenerate: Gabriel Tufail Smith
Mother: Amber Reeves
Convict X: Adam Clayton
Convict Y: Laura Aherne
Guards 1 & 2: TBC, Joel Robson
The Drifterman
Danny Dry: Zhen Liu
Billy: May Abercrombie
The Lost Girls: Laura Aherne, Amelia Langley, Alexandra Dunaeva, Amber Reeves
Chorus
Airtime
Philippe: James Emerson
Pierre: Peng Tian
Anne: Alexandra Francis
Marie: Lily Mo Browne
Baker: Charlie Clapperton
Tourist: Gabriel Tufail Smith
Artist: Alexandra Dunaeva
Watch Salesman: Richard Decker
Church on the Blood
Anastasio Romanov: Amelia Langley
Somaria Romanov: Maryam Wocial
Alexandra Feodorovna: Charlie Clapperton
Nikolas Alexandrovich: Richard Decker
Grigory Nikulin: TBC
Yakov Yurovsky: Gabriel Tufail Smith
Fanny and Stella’s Last Day Out
Fanny: Ted Day
Stella: Eyra Norman
Young Man: Simon Mascarenhas-Carter
Beadle/Police Officer/Doctor: TBC
Stella’s Mum: Anastasia Koorn
Chorus
The Anthem
News Reader: Joel Robson
Imogen Lear: Anastasia Koorn
Nicholas Lear: Richard Decker
Xander Sterne: Benedict Munden
Runner/Journalist 2/Old Lady: Antoinette Pompe van Meerdervort
Jessica Writht/Librarian: Eyra Norman
Jonty Peach/Journalist 3/Student: Adam Clayron
Journalist 1/Builder: David Afzelius
Rosamund Sterne: May Abercrombie
Members of public
Television studio staff
Nicholas Witchell
Security guards
Age range: Please note these productions may contain adult themes. Parental discretion is advised for children.
Content advisory: Violence, depictions of historical queerphobia, mild swearing
Conductor: Michael Rosewell
Director: Bill Bankes-Jones
Designer: Sarah Booth
Lighting Designer: Colin Eversdijk
Airtime: Ed Driver & Samir Chadha
The Drifterman: Connie Harris
Fanny and Stella’s Last Day Out: Jasper Dommett & Jessica Walker
Church on the Blood: Jasmine Morris
I (Romance) – based on the 1924 novel by Mykola Khvylovy: Alisa Zaika
The Anthem: Jasper Eaglesfield & Harry Davies
Romance
KGB Agent: Oliver Bowes
Andruiusha: Simon Mascarenhas-Carter
Dr Tagabath: David Afzelius
The Degenerate: Gabriel Tufail Smith
Mother: Amber Reeves
Convict X: Adam Clayton
Convict Y: Laura Aherne
Guards 1 & 2: TBC, Joel Robson
The Drifterman
Danny Dry: Zhen Liu
Billy: May Abercrombie
The Lost Girls: Laura Aherne, Amelia Langley, Alexandra Dunaeva, Amber Reeves
Chorus
Airtime
Philippe: James Emerson
Pierre: Peng Tian
Anne: Alexandra Francis
Marie: Lily Mo Browne
Baker: Charlie Clapperton
Tourist: Gabriel Tufail Smith
Artist: Alexandra Dunaeva
Watch Salesman: Richard Decker
Church on the Blood
Anastasio Romanov: Amelia Langley
Somaria Romanov: Maryam Wocial
Alexandra Feodorovna: Charlie Clapperton
Nikolas Alexandrovich: Richard Decker
Grigory Nikulin: TBC
Yakov Yurovsky: Gabriel Tufail Smith
Fanny and Stella’s Last Day Out
Fanny: Ted Day
Stella: Eyra Norman
Young Man: Simon Mascarenhas-Carter
Beadle/Police Officer/Doctor: TBC
Stella’s Mum: Anastasia Koorn
Chorus
The Anthem
News Reader: Joel Robson
Imogen Lear: Anastasia Koorn
Nicholas Lear: Richard Decker
Xander Sterne: Benedict Munden
Runner/Journalist 2/Old Lady: Antoinette Pompe van Meerdervort
Jessica Writht/Librarian: Eyra Norman
Jonty Peach/Journalist 3/Student: Adam Clayron
Journalist 1/Builder: David Afzelius
Rosamund Sterne: May Abercrombie
Members of public
Television studio staff
Nicholas Witchell
Security guards
Age range: Please note these productions may contain adult themes. Parental discretion is advised for children.
Content advisory: Violence, depictions of historical queerphobia, mild swearing