JOSIE IRELAND

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L’Olimpiade
Vache Baroque Opera
September 2024


Based on the story of the ‘Trial of the Suitors’ by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, it has all the materials necessary for a work of high drama – loyal friends, crossed lovers, secret backstories, deception, disguise, and possible ruin. For our 2024 Summer production, a cast of seven delivered the story through Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s thrilling Italian ariasand a newly-created English script by director Laura Attridge. In true VB Festival fashion the grounds became an extension of the stage, with sports-themed activities filling the hours before the main show. 

“Distinguishing it throughout is an innate grace, consistently captured in the airborne playing of the 15-strong Vache Baroque Band… Resounding under a dusky sky on a balmy evening, the period trumpets, horns and timpani offered a special thrill.”
Opera Magazine

Music Director: Jonathan Darbourne
Director: Laura Attridge
Designer: Caitlin Abbott
Lighting Designer: Josie Ireland

Movement Director: Ami Nagano
Associate Director: Rachel Wise
Associate Designer: Sophie Andrews
Associate Lighting Designer: Eli Hunt

Production Manager: Daniel Makharinsky
Production Assistants: Phil Clack, Phoebe Benson
Sound: Martin Audio

Photography: Michael Wheatley