| The Music Troupe | ||
| Fleur Snow | Mise en scène | |
| Melissa Sofoian | Décors, Costumes | |
| Jonathan Danciger | Lumières | |
| Ellie Neate | Soprano | The Duchess |
| Anna Elizabeth Cooper | Mezzo-soprano | Guido Ferranti |
| James Beddoe | Ténor | The Duke |
| Henry Grant Kerswell | Baryton | Count Moranzone |
| Adrian Salinero | Piano | |
| Alex Norton | Piano |
"And when I dream, whisper into my ear the dreadful secret of a father's murder."
Oscar Wilde's epic tragedy of revenge and passion turned into a compact opera.
An earnest young man falls for the browbeaten wife of the cruel and coercive Duke - with dreadful consequences. At times melodramatic, at times sentimental, our adaptation of Wilde's beautiful verse follows the twists and turns of this extraordinary drama in which the only murder is committed by a woman. With arias, choruses, a love-duet and a death scene, a quartet of fine singers brings to life this ‘Italian-style’ opera for intimate spaces.
“Powered along by a dynamic, pulsating score for piano duet, with soaring bel canto vocals and dramatic recitatives, there was never a dull moment to be experienced…” (Planet Hugill on Masque of Vengeance, November 2023)