World premiere

Uprising

28 February - 2 March 2025

Uprising

Can one person make a difference? Horrified by the climate crisis, teenager Lola decides that she must fight for the future.

From acclaimed composer Jonathan Dove and writer April De Angelis, this new opera looks at the state of the world through the eyes of the young.

Featuring a cast of professionals and the Glyndebourne Sinfonia alongside Glyndebourne Youth Opera, a community chorus and young instrumentalists from Brighton & East Sussex Youth Orchestra and Brighton & Hove Percussion Ensemble.

Advisory information

Uprising is an opera which looks at the climate crisis through the eyes of the young. There are themes throughout the opera around political activism and inter generational tensions. Early in the opera, there are some scenes of social isolation and bullying.

There is a short scene which explores Electroconvulsive Therapy (electric shock therapy) and depicts a child being prepared for the possible treatment, which does not go ahead.

Creative team

Composer
Jonathan Dove

Librettist
April De Angelis

Conductor
Andrew Gourlay

Director
Sinéad O’Neill

Designer
Ana Inés Jabares-Pita

Movement Director
Mike Ashcroft

Assistant Movement Director
Megan Frances

Lighting Designer
Danny Vavrečka

Assistant Director
Rebecca Marine

Chorus Master & Assistant Conductor
Ashley Beauchamp

Répétiteur
Avishka Edirisinghe

Glyndebourne Sinfonia
including players from its Jerwood Pit Perfect programme for young Instrumentalists and young players from Brighton & East Sussex Youth Orchestra and Brighton & Hove Percussion Ensemble

Cast includes

Lola Green
Ffion Edwards

Angela Green
Madeleine Shaw

Zoe Green
Natasha Agarwal

Clive Green
Ross Ramgobin

Mayor/Quercus
Edwin Kaye

Glyndebourne Youth Opera

Glyndebourne Community Chorus

Performance timings

Timings are subject to change.

For coach bookings visit our how to get here page.

DATES:
28 February

Gardens open: 6.00pm
Opera starts: 7.00pm
Interval (25 mins): 8.10pm
Opera resumes: 8.35pm
Opera ends: 9.35pm

Dates:
1 & 2 March

Gardens open: 2.00pm
Opera starts: 3.00pm
Interval (25 mins): 4.10pm
Opera resumes: 4.35pm
Opera ends: 5.35pm

Audience coach – we are running a return coach from Lewes to Glyndebourne for Uprising performances. Tickets cost £5 and must be booked in advance. The return coach will depart from the coach park approximately 20 minutes after the end of the performance. Find out more.

Exhibition

Explore some of the journeys taken by participants of Uprising in our accompanying exhibition in the Art Gallery. Created by the young people involved in the developmental stages of the opera, the exhibition includes paintings, photographs and film.

This free exhibition is only open to Uprising ticket holders.