Wake 2018
Music: Giorgio Battistelli
Words: Sarah Woods
WAKE - a Birmingham Opera Company commission and World Premiere 14-20 March 2018
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"A sold out success. Wake continues BOC's record of combining innovation and engagement with sheer quality" Claire McGinn, Birmingham Post
"....a musical-dramatic experience that leaves you with ears buzzing, mind racing, and ready to reassess everything you thought you knew about opera." Richard Bratby, The Arts Desk.
And for some views on Facebook! "Birmingham Opera Company unveil an invigorating new opera by world-renowned composer Giorgio Battistelli which takes opera away from stale clichés and stereotypes and showcases something fresh and vital with a message for our troubled and dangerous times." Rang-Zen Rango Hussain
Credits
The Production
Director: Graham Vick
Designer: Richard Hudson
Movement Director: Ron Howell
Lighting Designer: Giuseppe di Iorio
Conductor: Jonathon Heyward
Chorus Master: Jon Laird
Assistant Conductor: Jack Ridley
Assistant Director: Anthony Almeida
Cast
Lazarus - Joshua Stewart
his sisters
Martha - Nardus Williams
Mary - Mimi Doulton
Jesus - Elliott Carlton Hines
Jesus' Entourage - Caroline Modiba, Grace Nyandoro, Sarah Helsby-Hughes, Rachael Cox, Ellie Edmonds, James Liu, Dominick Felix, Edward Harrisson, Joseph Padfield, Przemyslaw Baranek, Themba Mvula