19:45-21:00, Friday 10th October 2025
Online
Music: Janet Oates
Words: Simon Pettifar
What would you sacrifice for love? A traveller is drawn to rediscover the rural idyll of simple content and loving self-sacrifice of the people he encountered years before in his innocent wanderings through the French countryside. His hopes are crushed when he is forced to confront a reality in stark contrast with his privileged complacency and is exposed to the darkness of life. Unusual instrumentation, a dream-like chorus and richly complex music are set alongside folk tunes from the Provençale area of the opera’s mise-en-scène, taking us on the Traveller’s tense journey from naivety into darkness.
Age range: All ages, but mostly adults
Produced by Mayhem Opera
Venue: Online
On the same day:
Music: Janet Oates.
Director: Tobias Millard
Music Director: Leslie-Ann Lewis
Singers: Rosalind O’Dowd (soprano), Myrto Loulaki (mezzo)
Composer: Janet Oates
Libretto: Simon Pettifar
Stage Director: Alex Gotch
Music Director: Leslie Ann Lewis
Designer: V Hayward
Publicity: Rosalind O’Dowd
The Traveller: Adam Brown
Old Lady: Rosalind O’Dowd
Young Lover/Amelie: Myrto Loulaki
Young Lover/The Publican/Old Hussar: John Twitchen
Chorus: Siri Livingstone, Alison Cross, Fiona Clark, Elizabeth Dobson, Jessica Loeb, Dawn Rolt
Violin: Tina Bowles
Cello: Josh Salter
Viola: Geoff Irwin
Percussion: John McLeod