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

Organization

Chanteur

Soprano

Louise Fuller

Arianna

Mezzo-soprano

Arlene Belli

The Pope

Ténor

Harry Grig

Ignacio

Basse

Samuel Lom

​S. Pietro

Chorégraphie

Jenny Weston

The Music Troupe

The Burning Question

Londres

Royaume-Uni

King's Head Theatre

Public

Valide

Accordionist

Instrument

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 Gambist

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Acteur

Autre

Choeur

Chorus Director

Coach vocal

Coiffure

Compositeur

Costumes

Danse

Diffusion

Direction d'orchestre

Direction de choeur

Dramaturgie

Décors

En charge de la production

Extra

Illustrator

Livret

Lumières

Maquillage

Mise en scène

Orchestra Operations

Orchestre

Photographer

Poet

Prof

Répétiteur

Stage Manager

Traduction

Video

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Baryton-basse

Contralto

Baryton

Contre-ténor

Alto

Continuo

Rôle muet

Rôle parlant

Voix d'enfant

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, ven. 17 févr. 2023, Du (2023/2023), King's Head Theatre, Londres, Royaume-Uni

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