Name: New Dark Age
Start: 2020-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2020-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Opera House

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Nadine Benjamin

Soprano 1

Anna Dennis

Soprano 2

Mezzo-soprano

Susan Bickley

Video designer

Grant Gee

Sound designer

Simon Hendry

Stage director

Katie Mitchell

Conductor

Natalie Murray Beale

Lighting designer

Adam Silverman

Set designer

Vicki Mortimer

Royal Opera House

English

New Dark Age

London

United Kingdom

The cast and creative team behind The Royal Opera's The Knife of Dawn discuss the process of creating this new opera.

Hannah Kendall’s one-act chamber opera The Knife of Dawn tells the gripping story of Guyanese political activist and poet Martin Carter as he reaches the 28th – and most critical – day of his hunger strike in protest at British rule. Will poetry or death be the most effective way to serve his country?

A one-man monologue performed by Peter Brathwaite, The Knife of Dawn swings from despair to hope and everything in between in an exhilaratingly intense depiction of the personal struggles and hallucinations of a politically-engaged artist.

Kendall and librettist Tessa McWatt, who share their Guyanese heritage with Carter, have created a chamber opera of great beauty and intricacy for small Orchestra – while break-through director Ola Ince creates a visionary, total theatre production for the Royal Opera House stage.

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New Dark Age: A new Dark Age Mazzoli

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A new Dark Age

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Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Tenor

Contralto

Bass

Baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

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Trailer: Watch The Royal Opera's New Dark Age online – 24 October 2020

New Dark Age by Mazzoli, Sat 24 Oct 2020, From (2020/2020), Directed by Katie Mitchell,, Conductor Natalie Murray Beale, Royal Opera House, London, United Kingdom

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Programme, About & Synopsis

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