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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.

Creatives/Company

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

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Archive listings for The Commission/Cafe Kafka (2014)

Work type: Opera or Operetta.

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).

17 Mar 14 to 19 Mar 14

Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L09502135

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