a new opera by Donnacha Dennehy and Enda WalshLandmark Productions and Irish National Opera
What does he do when he goes home?
Following the sensational success of their first opera, The Last Hotel, Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh join forces once again on an explosive new production.
One of Ireland’s leading actors, Aaron Monaghan, plays the second violinist. He is joined by singers Máire Flavin, Sharon Carty and Benedict Nelson. Ryan McAdams conducts the chorus of Irish National Opera and Crash Ensemble, the group founded by Dennehy and described by the New York Times as ‘the Irish new-music band that plays with the energy and spirit of a rock group’.
Joined by the phenomenal creative team from The Last Hotel Donnacha Dennehy’s music is infused with lingering echoes of the Renaissance works of Carlo Gesualdo, creating a sonorous backdrop for the haunting orchestrations and pulsating rhythms that drive the opera to its inexorable conclusion.
A search for beauty in a dark, dark world.
World Premiere.
CAST
Amy Sharon CartyHannah Máire FlavinMartin Aaron MonaghanMatthew Benedict NelsonCREATIVE
Composer Donnacha DennehyWriter and Director Enda WalshConductor Ryan McAdamsSet Designer Jamie VartanLighting Designer Adam SilvermanCostume Designer Joan O’CleryPRODUCTION IMAGERY
