Opera Archive

The Opera

Venue: Glyndebourne

Composer: Harrison Birtwistle

Librettist: Russell Hoban

Conductor: Elgar Howarth

Orchestra: London Philharmonic

Cast

Kong: Philip Langridge

Pearl: Helen Field

Orpheus: Michael Chance

Anubis: Wyn Pencarreg

Death Of Kong: Wyn Pencarreg

Vermeer: Omar Ebrahim

Inanna: Phyllis Cannan

Mr Dollarama: Robert Poulton

Swami Zumzum: Kevin West

Mirror/Mirror Echo: Thora Einarsdottir

Madame Lena: Nuala Willis

Eurydice: Liza Pulman

Woman Model/Terror: Kerrie Sheppard

Woman Model/Despair: Elizabeth Gronow

Woman Model/Fear: Clarissa Meek

Woman Model/Doubt: Louise Armit

Joe Shady/Messenger: Henry Waddington

Production Team

Original Director: Tom Cairns

Co-director: Aletta Collins

Set Designer: Tom Cairns

Costume Designer: Tom Cairns

Lighting Designer: Wolfgang Göbbel

Choreographer: Aletta Collins

Fight Director: Malcolm Ranson

Sound Designer: Ian Dearden

Video Artist: John Maybury