Name: The Duchess of Padua
Start: 2024-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Space Theatre

Organization

Admin

The Music Troupe

Stage director

Fleur Snow

Set designer

Melissa Sofoian

Lighting designer

Danny Muir

Singer

Ellie Neate

Beatrice, Duchess of Padua

Anna Elizabeth Cooper

Guido Ferranti

James Beddoe

Duke of Padua

Henry Grant Kerswell

Count Moranzone

Costume designer

The Duchess of Padua

Hungerford

United Kingdom

The Croft Hall

Manchester

International Anthony Burgess Foundation

Richmond, North Yorks

Georgian Theatre Royal

London

Space Theatre

The Duchess of Padua Lambert, Edward

Public

Matias Vergara Moyano

Approved

The Duchess of Padua
Oscar Wilde's epic tragedy turned into a compact opera
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The Space Theatre 
London E14 3RS
Tue 20 - Sat 24 February at 19:30
Sun 25 February at 14:30

​The Georgian Theatre Royal 
Richmond (Yorks) DL10 4DW
Sat 2 March at 19:30

The Anthony Burgess Foundation
Manchester M1 5BY
Sun 3 March at 16:00

The Croft Hall, Hungerford RG17 0HY
Sun 10 March at 16:00
	
​Music: Edward Lambert
Words: Oscar Wilde
Director: Fleur Snow
​Design: Melissa Sofoian
Lighting:: Danny Muir
Ellie Neate (soprano) Beatrice, Duchess of Padua
Anna Elizabeth Cooper (mezzo-soprano) Guido Ferranti
James Beddoe (tenor) Duke of Padua
Henry Grant Kerswell (bass) Count Moranzone

"And when I dream, whisper into my ear the dreadful secret of a father's murder."

Oscar Wilde's epic tragedy of revenge, passion and murder has been turned into a compact opera which now receives its first performances.. An avenging young man falls for the browbeaten duchess and casts them both into danger. At times melodramatic, at times sentimental, with everything in between, this adaptation of Wilde's beautiful verse faithfully follows the twists and turns of the drama's extraordinary plot - and reveals it to be more modern than it seems. There has been no known production of the play between 1891 and 2010 (Wikipedia), and so the best of Wilde's eloquent and touching text is, for the duration of these performances, rescued from oblivion. With arias, ensembles, a love-duet and a death scene, a quartet of fine voices accompanied by a virtuoso piano duo brings to life this ‘Italian-style’ opera for intimate spaces. 

The performance lasts about 1'45" including interval

English

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