T361149087Based upon a semi-autobiographical novel by Auschwitz survivor Zofia Posmysz, Polish composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg's 1968 opera The Passenger was effectively banned in the USSR and only finally received its triumphant stage premiere at last year's Bregenz Festival, 14 years after Weinberg's death. Hailed as ‘a work that demands and deserves to be seen' (Opera), this 20th century masterpiece, by a composer whose music has been characterised as ‘Shostakovich with a Jewish accent', now comes to ENO in David Pountney's shatteringly intense staging, conducted by Sir Richard Armstrong. Running time:Company English National Opera. Director David Pountney. Conductor Richard Armstrong (Sir). Design Johan Engels. Costume Marie-Jeanne Lecca. Lighting Fabrice Kebour. Director Ran Arthur Braun. Translation David Pountney. Performer Michelle Breedt (Lisa). Performer Giselle Allen (Marta). Performer Kim Begley (Walter). Performer Leigh Melrose (Tadeusz). Performer Julia Sporsen (Katya). Performer Pamela Helen Stephen (Christina). Performer Wendy Dawn Thompson (Vlasta). Performer Carolyn Dobbin (Hannah). Performer Rhian Lois (Ivette). Performer Helen Field (Old Woman). Performer Rebecca de Pont Davies (Bronka). Performer Adrian Dwyer (SS Officer). Performer Charles Johnston (SS Officer). Performer Gerard O'Connor (SS Officer). Performer Graeme Danby (Steward / Elderly Passenger / Kommandant). | |
| 19 Sep 11 to 25 Oct 11 | London Coliseum, West End :: V376 listing details L366212937 |
