Name: The Mother
Start: 2018-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2018-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
Location: POSK

Organization

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Loré Lixenberg

The Mother

Countertenor

James Hall

Leon

Lindsay Bramley

Dorothea

Baritone

Geoffrey Dolton

Father

Soprano

Rebecca Bottone

Sophia

Tenor

Andrew Dickinson

Academic

De Proud

Daniel Norman

Theatre Owner

Modesta

Conductor

Jamie Man

Stage director

Frederic Wake-Walker

Lighting designer

Sylwester Łuczak

Orchestra

CHROMA

Mahogany Opera Group

London

United Kingdom

POSK

The Mother Osborn

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

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Bass

Contralto

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

A mother and a son, a son and a mother. Things had to be this way and couldn’t be another.
Leon dreams of changing the world with his radical philosophy but the explosive, suffocating, mutually destructive relationship he has with his mother leaves little time for anything or anyone else.

The Mother is an adaptation of the absurdist play Matka by Polish writer Witkacy (Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz). Indebted to Eastern European theatre, it is a bitingly satirical and explosive response to the traditions of opera. Osborn plunges the audience into an anarchic, surrealist world through taut, intense music that draws on Weill, Birtwistle, and Romitelli, alongside mainstream pop influences.

English

The Mother by Osborn, Wed 25 Apr 2018, From (2018/2018), Directed by Frederic Wake-Walker,, Conductor Jamie Man, POSK, London, United Kingdom

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

Videos

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues