Name: Powder Her Face
Start: 2018-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2018-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
Location: National Opera House

Organization

Conductor

Timothy Redmond

Stage director

Antony McDonald

Set designer

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Fabiana Piccioli

Singer

Soprano

Mary Plazas

Duchess

Tenor

Adrian Dwyer

Delivery Boy

Bass

Stephen Richardson

Duke

Daire Halpin

Confidante

Opera Theatre Company

Northern Ireland Opera

Powder Her Face

Tralee

Ireland

Siamsa Tíre

Dublin

Sligo

Hawk's Well Theatre

Navan

Solstice Arts Centre

Kilkenny

Wexford

National Opera House

Powder Her Face Adès

Public

Private

Approved

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

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Baritone

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Mezzo-soprano

Contralto

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Notorious socialite Margaret Whigham's sensational 1963 divorce from the Duke of Argyll was pure tabloid fodder. Headlines of her extravagances enthralled and titillated a gossip-hungry public in what was perhaps the world's first modern-day sex scandal. 

In this darkly comedic and contemporary opera, Thomas Adès has written a powerful story of an aristocratic woman's fall from grace.  Evoking an earlier nostalgic era of elegance, wit, decadence and jazz, Powder Her Face chronicles the exploits of the cruelly-named "Dirty Duchess" in a roller-coaster ride of celebrity fame to eventual downfall.

The success of this work with audiences worldwide has firmly established Powder Her Face as a classic modern opera. Written by one of today’s most virtuosic composers, this Irish premiere production is directed and designed by‘"One of the wittiest and most visually alert designer-directors around’ - (Opera Now) Antony McDonald  (The Importance of Being Earnest), and with Timothy Redmond conducting, Powder Her Face stars soprano Mary Plazas, as the Duchess, alongside Adrian Dwyer, Stephen Richardson and Irish soprano Daire Halpin.

English

Powder Her Face by Adès, Déa 01 Márt 2018, Ó (2018/2018), Faoi stiúir Antony McDonald,, Seoltóir Timothy Redmond, National Opera House, Wexford, Ireland

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Caitheadh

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Comhléiritheoir

Clár, Eolas & Achoimre

Léirmheasanna

Grianghraif

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

Dátaí & Ionaid Feidhmíochta

Ionaid