| Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936) | Maria egiziaca | Libretto by Claudio Guastalla |
| Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936) | La bella dormente nel bosco |
| Guildhall School of Music and Drama | |||
| Dominic Wheeler | Conductor | ||
| Alistair Burton | Assistant Conductor | ||
| Victoria Newlyn | Director | ||
| Laura Jane Stanfield | Set Designer, Costume Designer | ||
| Jake Wiltshire | Lighting Designer | ||
| Guildhall Symphony Orchestra | |||
| Laurie Slavin | Assistant Director | ||
Maria egiziaca | |||
| Vladyslava Ionascu-Yakovenko | Soprano | Maria | 2023 Nov 06, 10 |
| Holly Brown | Soprano | Maria | 2023 Nov 08, 13 |
| Emyr Lloyd Jones | Baritone | Abbate Zosimo / Pilgrim | 2023 Nov 06, 10 |
| Alaric Green | Baritone | Abbate Zosimo / Pilgrim | 2023 Nov 08, 13 |
| Steven van der Linden | Tenor | Sailor | |
| Jonah Halton | Tenor | The leper | |
| Rachel Roper | Soprano | Second companion, Blind woman, Poor man | 2023 Nov 06, 10 |
| Shana Moron-Caravel | Mezzo-soprano | Second companion, Blind woman, Poor man | 2023 Nov 08, 13 |
| Yolisa Ngwexana | Soprano | First companion, Voice of an angel | 2023 Nov 06, 10 |
| Ana-Carmen Balestra | Soprano | First companion, Voice of an angel | 2023 Nov 08, 13 |
La bella dormente nel bosco | |||
| Yolisa Ngwexana | Soprano | The blue fairy | |
| Joe Chalmers | Bass-baritone | The king, The ambassador, A woodcutter | 2023 Nov 06, 10 |
| Jacob Harrison | Baritone | The king, The ambassador, A woodcutter | 2023 Nov 08, 13 |
| Rachel Roper | Soprano | The queen | 2023 Nov 06, 10 |
| Rachel Roper | Soprano | The cuckoo, The little old lady, The duchess | 2023 Nov 08, 13 |
| Shana Moron-Caravel | Mezzo-soprano | The queen | 2023 Nov 08, 13 |
| Shana Moron-Caravel | Mezzo-soprano | The cuckoo, The little old lady, The duchess | 2023 Nov 06, 10 |
| Ana-Carmen Balestra | Soprano | The princess | |
| Jonah Halton | Tenor | The prince | |
| Holly Brown | Soprano | The green fairy | |
| Steven van der Linden | Tenor | The jester | |
| Vladyslava Ionascu-Yakovenko | Soprano | The spindle | |
| Julia Sanchez Merino | Mezzo-soprano | The cat | |
| Biqing Zhang | Soprano | The nightingale | |
The life stories of two eponymous female heroes are explored in this double bill of captivating operatic works by Italian composer Ottorino Respighi, directed by Victoria Newlyn and conducted by Dominic Wheeler.
Maria egiziaca charts the decades-long spiritual journey of the third-century Christian saint Mary, weaving references to the ancient traditions of her time into the opera’s musical language. First performed at New York’s Carnegie Hall in 1931, it was originally intended as a ‘concert triptych’, but this production offers the rare opportunity to see it fully staged.
A more famous tale, La bella dormente nel bosco is Respighi’s take on Sleeping Beauty, with a sparkling score and imaginative array of human, animal and supernatural characters. The opera comes to the Silk Street Theatre stage three years after an innovative digital version was presented by Guildhall School during the pandemic lockdown.
Sung in Italian with English Subtitles
Please note that this production contains adult content. Haze will be used.