The short work transformed into a dialogue between an unnamed woman played by soprano Rachel Goode and her conscience played by mezzo-soprano Sarah Richmond. Éna Brennan’s Rupture opened with bell-like chimes designed to create a blissful ethereal sound world. Gavan Ring gave an impressive display of a cappella singing with occasional interjections from Stephen Irvine on the tuba. Gerard Barry’s Mrs Streicher sets to music Beethoven’s letter to Nanette Streicher in which the great composer complains about his laundry and his servants. There is an enormous amount of musical variety in these short works and a wide range of styles ranging from Broadway-type musical numbers to more avant-garde genres. These short operas look at subjects ranging from Beethoven’s laundry dilemmas, short personal dramas examining relationship breakdowns and loss, to more global existential issues such as the loss of biodiversity due to climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. 20 Shots of Opera features twenty compact operas by some of Ireland’s leading composers and writers. One of the areas which INO has been looking at is compact street operas lasting between 6 and 10 minutes long and featuring the work of contemporary composers. Like many companies they have had to respond flexibly and creatively to the restrictions imposed upon arts venues by the current public health crisis. Irish National Opera had to reschedule a number of large-scale productions earlier in the year, including a planned staging of Rossini’s William Tell. Libris Solar – Jennifer Walshe (music and words) The Gift – Evangelia Rigaki (music)/Marina Carr (words)ĭust – Benedict Schlepper-Connolly (music and words) The Wait – Emma O’Halloran (music)/Mark O’Halloran (words)Ĭlose – Hannah Peel (music)/Stella Feehily (words) La Corbi è re – Gráinne Mulvey (music)/Anne le Marquand Hartigan (words) The Patient Woman – Conor Linehan (music)/Louis Lovett (words)Ī Message for Marty (or The Ring) – Conor Mitchell (music and words)
Through and Through – Peter Fahey (music and words)Īt a Loss – Michael Gallen (music and words)Įrth Upon Erth – Andrew Hamilton (music)/Anon words)ĭichotomies of Lockdown – Jenn Kirby (music and words) Her Name – Alex Dowling (music)/Mark O’Halloran (words) Verballing – David Coonan (music)/Dylan Coburn Gray (words)
The Colour Green – Robert Coleman (music)/Mark Boyle (words) Glaoch – Linda Buckley (music)/Doireann Ni Ghriofa (words) Ghost Apples – Irene Buckley (music)/Jessica Traynor (words) Mrs Streicher – Gerard Barry (music)/Ludwig van Beethoven (words) Ireland 20 Shots of Opera: Cast of Irish National Opera, RTÉ Concert Orchestra / Fergus Sheil and Elaine Kelly (conductors), filmed in Gaiety Theatre, Dublin and broadcast on Irish National Opera Website.
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