20:30-21:10, Thursday 1st September 2022
The Cockpit
Music: Edward Lambert
Words: Norman Welch, Edward Lambert, Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914(?))
This show was part of the fifteenth Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival.
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Attended by a demonic manservant and an angelic maid, the first female Pope has died. She now wants nothing less than a cosy retirement in paradise, but Someone has other ideas and the elevator going upwards gets stuck. It’s a Day of Wrath! What does St Peter, the Caretaker, know? Does he hold the key to the plot? Accompanied by piano duet and a choir of heavenly voices, this is a satire that confronts the ridiculous, the sublime, love, death and comic opera all at the same time.
Age Rating: All ages, but mostly adults.
Content Advisory: 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 The Music Troupe
Venue: The Cockpit, Gateforth Street, London NW8 8EH.
On the same day:
Music: Edward Lambert
Words:Norman Welch, Edward Lambert, Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914(?))
Director: Tabitha Benton-Evans
Movement: Jenny Weston
Arianna: Rosalind Dobson (soprano)
The Pope: Arlene Belli (mezzo-soprano)
Ignacio: Peter Martin (tenor)
S. Pietro: Samuel Lom (bass)
Piano Duet: Susan Norman & Elspeth Wilkes
Music: Edward Lambert
Words: Norman Welch, Edward Lambert, Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914(?))
Direction & Design: Tabitha Benton-Evans
Movement: Jenny Weston
Arianna: Rosalind Dobson (soprano)
The Pope: Arlene Belli (mezzo-soprano)
Ignacio: Peter Martin (tenor)
S. Pietro: Samuel Lom (bass)
Piano Duet: Susan Norman & Elspeth Wilkes