JOSIE IRELAND

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Autumn Opera Scenes 2023
Silk Street Theatre
December 2023


An array of scenes from classical and contemporary operas, performed by First Year students of Guildhall’s Opera Studies course (Class of 2025). Taking place on a traverse stage in Guildhall’s Grade II Listed theatre for the first time, amongst debris and red bungee, the pieces centred around the idea of deceit and human cruelty, each in their own universe.

Featuring scenes from Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia; Berlioz’ Béatrice et Bénédict; Strauss’ Die Fledermaus; Bizet’s Carmen, Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel; Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro; Thomas’ Hamlet; Donizetti’s Don Pasquale; Debussy’s L’Enfant Prodigue; Puccini’s La Bohème; and Verdi’s Luisa Miller.

Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans
Music Director: Ashok Gupta
Designer: Nate Gibson
Lighting Designer: Josie Ireland
Sound Designer: Jan Robotycki

Production Electrician: Benjamin Yeo
Associate Production Electrician: Dan Basnett
Programmers: Dan Basnett, Linus Pomroy

Assistant Director: William Byram
Assistant Musical Director: Michael Rose

Photography: David Monteith-Hodge