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The Second Mrs Kong, 31 May 1995
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Harrison Birtwistle
Librettist: Russell Hoban
Conductor: Elgar Howarth
Orchestra: London Philharmonic
Cast
Kong: Paul Wilson
Pearl: Helen Field
Orpheus: Michael Chance
Anubis: Steven Page
Death Of Kong: Steven Page
Vermeer: Omar Ebrahim
Inanna: Phyllis Cannan
Mr Dollarama: Robert Poulton
Swami Zumzum: Kevin West
Mirror/Mirror Echo: Deborah York
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
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Harrison Birtwistle
Librettist: Russell Hoban
Conductor: Elgar Howarth
Orchestra: London Philharmonic
Cast
Kong: Paul Wilson
Pearl: Helen Field
Orpheus: Michael Chance
Anubis: Steven Page
Death Of Kong: Steven Page
Vermeer: Omar Ebrahim
Inanna: Phyllis Cannan
Mr Dollarama: Robert Poulton
Swami Zumzum: Kevin West
Mirror/Mirror Echo: Deborah York
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