Details

How could anyone resist an opera that opens with a tragicomic funeral for a deceased parrot held by the pupils of a girls' convent school? The girls - this is a French convent so they know a thing or two - decide that their beloved pet must be replaced in some form and select the hopelessly innocent young man Valentin to be the happy recipient of all the doting attention they used to lavish on the parrot. Sung in English. British Premiere

Cast/Performers

Robert Murray (Valentin / Vert-Vert), Fflur Wyn (Mimi), Naomi O'Connell (La Corilla), Yvonne Howard (Mademoiselle Paturelle), Geoffrey Dolton (Baladon), Quirijn de Lang (D'Arlange), Andrew Glover (Bergerac), Mark Wilde (Binet)

Creatives/Company

Music: Jacques Offenbach
Presented by: Garsington Opera
Conductor: David Parry
Director: Martin Duncan
Design: Francis O'Connor
Lighting: Howard Hudson
Company: Garsington Opera and Chorus