Works
When the Sky Cracks Open
2023
Music by George W. Parris
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Libretto by Iris Supple-Still
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Run Time:
20 minutes (no interval)
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Details:​
“Pompeii dig reveals ‘almost perfect’ remains of a master and his slave.
Archaeologists have unearthed two exceptionally well-preserved victims of the eruption of Vesuvius in AD79” - says the Guardian, 21 November 2020.
Actually, it was just one archaeologist, and today is her big day. Today she is giving a talk to present her discovery to you all. She is an expert, very talented, and has lots of impressive information to tell you. But she has a vivid imagination, much too vivid for her liking. When her narration gets hijacked, taken over, she is plummeted into her deepest and fiercest pain.
Michael Temporal Darell, Lucy Thalange
Lucy Thalange, Michael Temporal Darell, Allyn Wu
Lucy Thalange
Michael Temporal Darell, Lucy Thalange
Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2023. Photography by Claire Shovelton. Allyn Wu as Slave.
ORIGINAL PRODUCTION/CAST
Directed by Sophie Daneman
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Conducted by Enyi Okpara
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Lucy Thalange - Archeologist
Alex Bower-Brown - Slave
Michael Temporal Darell - Master's Son