Organization

Longborough Festival Opera

Costume designer

April Dalton

Singer

Keith Pun

Spell for Joy

Nunzia

Lauren Joyanne Morris

Alcina

Oskar McCarthy

Ruggiero

Joe Chalmers

Neptune

Ruairi Bowen

River

Simone Ibbett-Brown

Melissa

Conductor

Yshani Perinpanayagam

Stage director

Jenny Ogilvie

Set designer

Assistant Conductor / Repetiteur

Clíodna Shanahan

Assistant Director

Emily Ling Williams

Language Coach

Alessandra Fasolo

Surtitles

Kenneth Chalmers

Lighting designer

Jake Wiltshire

Nettuno

Jessica Robinson

Sirena

Xavier Hetherington

Pastore

Aaron Holmes

Vistola Fiume

Orchestra

CHROMA

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Longborough Festival Opera Emerging Artist Ensemble

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Spell Book

Longborough

United Kingdom

Opera House

Spell Book Freya Waley-Cohen (+1 More)

Public

The Liberation of Ruggiero from the Island of Alcina

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A double bill exploring love, freedom and magic from Longborough’s Emerging Artists – a programme that gives a vital opportunity to singers at the beginning of their careers. This production is conducted by Yshani Perinpanayagam, directed by Jenny Ogilvie and featuring CHROMA Ensemble.

Freya Waley-Cohen’s contemporary dramatic song cycle Spell Book is inspired by the composer’s encounter with Rebecca Tamás’ collection of poems, WITCH. Spell Book will be seen at Longborough in its first complete staging, performed by members of the Emerging Artists ensemble.

Francesca Caccini’s La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina (The liberation of Ruggiero from the island of Alcina) is the earliest surviving opera composed by a woman: the story of Ruggiero’s betrayal and escape from the sorceress Alcina. La liberazione di Ruggiero will be performed in a new arrangement by conductor Yshani Perinpanayagam.

Please note that this production's start time was previously listed as 5pm. It will now start at 5.30pm.

This production contains some strong language and adult themes.

Spell Book by Waley-Cohen, The Liberation of Ruggiero from the Island of Alcina by Caccini, From (2022/2022), Directed by Jenny Ogilvie,, Conductor Yshani Perinpanayagam, Opera House, Longborough, United Kingdom

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