Performance

Venue	Royal Opera House
	Also: Linbury Studio, Ballet Studio, Clore Studio,Floral Hall
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	17th March 2014
To	19th March 2014
When	19:45
Royal Opera House (V377)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Production Changes

Previous details associated with this item and date of change.

Date of change: 31 Jan 14 - T711243167

The Commission/Cafe Kafka

Work:: The Commission/Cafe Kafka (S02016346922)

Set to a text by Jack Underwood, The Commission is a dark tale of murder and brutal revenge. Working closely with artist Ellie Rees and director Annabel Arden, co-founder of the renowned Theatre de Complicite, Elspeth Brooke explores a fragmented fictional world in this one-act opera. In Cafe Kafka, Spanish composer Francisco Coll constructs an unsettling world, inspired by some of Kafka's most unusual texts. Set in a modern bar, this production seeks to examine human nature, as a group of five singers search for intimacy, connection and meaning.

Author	Elspeth Brooke (The Commission)
Lyrics	Jack Underwood (The Commission)
Author	Francisco Coll (Cafe Kafka)
Lyrics	Meredith Oakes (Cafe Kafka)

Production:: (T711243167)

New Production.

Producer	Royal Opera House
Producer	Aldeburgh Music
Producer	Opera North
Conductor	Richard Baker
Director	Annabel Arden
Design	Joanna Parker
Lighting	Matt Haskins
Design	Dick Straker (video)
Sound	Peter Malkin
Performer	Andri Bjorn Robertsson (The Craftsman - The Commission)
Performer	Daniel Norman (The Silversmith - The Commission)
Performer	Anna Dennis (Daughter - The Commission)
Performer	William Purefoy (Pope / Surgeon - The Commission)
Performer	Suzanne Shakespeare (Girl - Cafe Kafka)
Performer	Daniel Norman (First Man - Cafe Kafka)
Performer	Anna Dennis (Woman - Cafe Kafka)
Performer	William Purefoy (Second Man - Cafe Kafka)
Performer	Andri Bjorn Robertsson (Third Man / The Hunter Gracchus / Policeman - Cafe Kafka)

Listing:: L09502135

Linbury Studio

Production details

New Production. Linbury Studio

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