Time on her side: fairytale meets feminism in Tom Coult’s Violet

Anna Dennis (Violet)

Frances Gregory (Laura)

Richard Burkhard (Felix) and Andrew Mackenzie-Wicks (Clock Keeper)

Richard Burkhard (Felix) and Anna Dennis (Violet)

By Sarah Noble, 19 July 2022

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“the recurring toll of the clocktower’s bell weaves its way inexorably through Coult’s sinuous score”

Reviewed at Buxton Opera House, Buxton on 18 July 2022

Coult, Violet

Andrew Gourlay, Conductor

Jude Christian, Director

Rosie Elnile, Set Designer

Cécile Trémolières, Costume Designer

Jackie Shemesh, Lighting Designer

London Sinfonietta

Adam Sinclair, Animation

Anna Dennis, Violet

Richard Burkhard, Felix

Frances Gregory, Laura

Andrew Mackenzie-Wicks, Clockkeeper

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Sarah Noble

Originally from New Zealand, Sarah Noble is an arts administrator and freelance writer whose articles and reviews have appeared in Limelight, Opera, NZ Opera News and The Opera Critic. After stints in Sydney, Orlando, London and Manchester, she's now based in Macclesfield but travels frequently in pursuit of live performance – operatic and otherwise. Sarah was previously the producer of the International Opera Awards and now works as production co-ordinator for a classical music filming company.