Details

A young Cretan girl is given an elixir to extend her life by 300 years and spends the time becoming the greatest singer of all time. But along the way she passes the recipe of the elixir to a lover and now, in 1922, she's 337 years old and in court trying to recover the paper. In the end she wins, but decides not to take the potion but to die as without mortality life has ceased to have meaning. Running time: 2hrs 20mins

Cast/Performers

Amanda Roocroft (Emilia Marty), Andrew Shore, Alasdair Elliott, Peter Hoare, Ashley Holland

Creatives/Company

Author: Janacek
Producer(s): English National Opera, National Theatre Prague
Conductor: Richard Armstrong (Sir)
Director: Christopher Alden
Design: Charles Edwards
Costume: Sue Willmington
Lighting: Adam Silverman