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FULL IMPROPERA London 2010 Adey Grummet, Louise Crane, David Pearl, Niall Ashdown
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Impropera
- Composer: N/A
- Libretto: N/A Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: London, UK
- Recorded: 2010
- Type: Staged Opera Live
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
The passion of opera meets the adrenalin of improvisation. Impropera is opera improvised on the spot from the audience’s suggestions. Without the use of a score, a script or a safety net.
Synopsis How does one describe the pure enjoyment of virtuoso musicianship combined with the agile wit of improvisation? In a world of dumbing down, here is a show for an audience that revels in the skill and sparkle of such programmes as QI, I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue and The News Quiz.
Impropera create opera with an anarchic irreverent edge. Led by David Pearl, who made his ROH debut aged 9 with Placido Domingo in 1970, the Impropera Company also features Comedy Store regular Niall Ashdown, sensitively powerful soprano Morag McLaren, clarinettist Peter Furniss, musical director Anthony Ingle on piano and regular guest artists Andy Morton, Adey Grummet, Louise Crane and BBC Maestro’s Zoe Martlew. With an entirely new show every night, fresh from six brilliantly inventive minds and voices, Impropera can make a musical production about absolutely anything. With a bit of help from the audience in the way of suggested phrases, words or scenarios, Impropera draws you into their world of diverse characters – perhaps a chorus girl who never gets the part, a rapper, a parking attendant, or a pompous barrister; sung with profound emotional commitment and comedic verve. The passion of opera meets the adrenalin of the unknown. Impropera is on-the-spot opera improvisation using audience suggestion, without score, script or safety net. You’re invited to be part of a new show built afresh every night, led by six brilliantly inventive minds and voices.