JOSIE IRELAND
Milton Court Studio Theatre
June 2024
In the 10th year of Guildhall’s Opera Making & Writing course, First Year Opera Studies students showcased the debuts of three operas, interspersed with scenes from three Puccini works. Set on a composite traverse stage, designed to tell each story individually, the themes of grief, growing up, and angst were highlighted in a monochrome wilderness. Presented as part of Guildhall’s Making It Festival.
Featuring Snyder’s Casserole; Gardner’s Time and Tide; and De Somogyi’s Ursa Minor, and excerpts from Puccini’s La rondine; Turandot; and Edgar.
Director: Ashley Dean
Conductor: Dominic Wheeler
Designer: Louie Whitemore
Lighting Designer: Josie Ireland
Chief Electrician: Sam Bernstein
Production Electrician: Ethan Harris
Programmer: Tom Shackleton
Assistant Director: Laurie Slavin
Assistant Conductor: Alistair Burton
Photography: Zoë Birkbeck