| RCM Opera Studio | |||
| Michael Rosewell | Conductor | ||
| Bill Bankes-Jones | Director | ||
| Sarah Booth | Set Designer | ||
| RCM Symphony Orchestra | |||
| Joel Williams | Tenor | Robinson Crusoé | 2019 Mar 13, 16 |
| Glen Cunningham | Tenor | Robinson Crusoé | 2019 Mar 15, 18 |
| Catriona Hewitson | Soprano | Edwige | 2019 Mar 13, 16 |
| Julieth Lozano | Soprano | Edwige | 2019 Mar 15, 18 |
| Timothy Edlin | Bass-baritone | Sir William Crusoé | |
| Anna Cooper | Soprano | Lady Deborah Crusoé | 2019 Mar 13, 16 |
| Holly Marie Bingham | Soprano | Lady Deborah Crusoé | 2019 Mar 15, 18 |
| Katy Thomson | Soprano | Suzanne | 2019 Mar 13, 16 |
| Camilla Harris | Mezzo-soprano | Suzanne | 2019 Mar 15, 18 |
| Michael Bell | Tenor | Toby | 2019 Mar 13, 16 |
| Guy Elliott | Tenor | Toby | 2019 Mar 15, 18 |
| Fleuranne Brockway | Mezzo-soprano | Vendredi (Man Friday) | 2019 Mar 13, 16 |
| Lauren Morris | Mezzo-soprano | Vendredi (Man Friday) | 2019 Mar 15, 18 |
| Theodore Platt | Bass | Jim Cocks | 2019 Mar 13, 16 |
| Rhys Batt | Tenor | Jim Cocks | 2019 Mar 15, 18 |
| Edward Jowle | Baritone | Will Atkins |
This spring let a sparkling cast of RCM singers take you on a tuneful treasure hunt filled with swashbuckling sea songs and maritime melodies, as the RCM Opera Studio marks the 200th birthday of Jacques Offenbach with a performance of his immensely fun operetta, Robinson Crusoe.
Offenbach's light-hearted love story is loosely based on Daniel Defoe's classic novel which celebrates its 300th anniversary this year, and is a seafaring musical adventure set against a backdrop of colonialism and cannibalism. It follows the fate of hopeless romantic Robinson, who sets sail for South America with dreams of finding a fortune for his fiancee Edwige. It’s anything but plain sailing for our hero, however, who ends up shipwrecked on a desert island. And when Edwige launches a rescue mission, she too finds herself at the mercy of pantomime pirates and waltzing cannibals. Will the two lovers ever find each other, their treasure, or their way back home?
Opéra Comique in Three Acts
Libretto Eugène Cormon and Hector Crémieux
Sung in English (version by Don White)
Performed by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Limited
With generous support from the RCM Opera Syndicate.