Name: The Burning Question
Start: 2023-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-02-18T00:00:00.000Z
Location: King's Head Theatre

Organization

Soprano

Louise Fuller

Arianna

Mezzo-soprano

Arlene Belli

The Pope

Tenor

Harry Grig

Ignacio

Bass

Samuel Lom

​S. Pietro

Choreographer

Jenny Weston

The Music Troupe

The Burning Question

London

United Kingdom

King's Head Theatre

Public

Approved

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

Oboist

hornist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Harper

Trombonist

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Accordionist

Bassist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Conductor

Stage director

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Orchestra

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Illustrator

Extra

Contralto

Singer

Countertenor

Baritone

Bass-baritone

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

Music: Edward Lambert
Words: Norman Welch, Edward Lambert, Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914(?))
 
Attended by a demonic manservant and an angelic maid, the first female Pope has died. She now wants nothing less than a cosy retirement in paradise, but Someone has other ideas and the elevator going upwards gets stuck. It’s a Day of Wrath! What does St Peter, the Caretaker, know? Does he hold the key to the plot? Accompanied by piano duet and a choir of heavenly voices, this is a satire that confronts the ridiculous, the sublime, love, death and comic opera all at the same time.
 
Music: Edward Lambert
Words: Norman Welch, Edward Lambert, Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914(?))
Direction & Design: Tabitha Benton-Evans Movement: Jenny Weston
Arianna: Rosalind Dobson (soprano) 
The Pope: Arlene Belli (mezzo-soprano) 
Ignacio: Peter Martin (tenor) 
​S. Pietro: Samuel Lom (bass) ​
Piano Duet: Susan Norman & Elspeth Wilkes

The Burning Question is a new, comic opera about the adventures of a female pope who’s recently passed into the afterlife. She was so successful in the job that she’s now required to go and sort out Hell. 

​Attended by a demonic manservant and an angelic maid, she was expecting nothing less than a cosy retirement in paradise, but Someone has other ideas and the elevator going upwards gets stuck. It's a Day of Wrath! What does St Peter, the Caretaker, know? Does he hold the key to the plot?

Accompanied by piano duet and a choir of heavenly voices, this is a satire that confronts the ridiculous, the sublime, love, death and comic opera all at the same time. ​

The production is choreographed in the lively style of commedia dell’arte. The music owes much to Italian opera and is performed by a superb cast of young professionals. It delighted audiences when first performed at Tête-à-Tête: The Opera Festival in 2022.

English

The Burning Question by Lambert, ke 15 helmi 2023, Alkaen (2023/2023), King's Head Theatre, London, United Kingdom

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