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FULL The Agency (Olywer) London 2021 Tête à Tête
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: The Agency
- Composer: Olywer Matthew
- Libretto: Sarah Sigal Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Cockpit Theatre, London, UK, Tête à Tête Festival
- Recorded: 2020
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Caroline Blair, Simone Ibbett-Brown, Joshua Manning
- Conductor: Matthew Olyver
- Orchestra: Matthew Olyver Multi-Instrument
- Stage Director: Emma Jude Harris
- Stage Designer: Bea Wilson
- Costume Designer: Bea Wilson
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Da Spalla Community
- Date Published: 2021
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
1861, 2019; the Civil War, the climate crisis. Two women working for the Pinkerton Agency in two centuries must consider the implications of private security at a time of national upheaval.
The Agency is a filmed work-in-progress showing of an opera about the history of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, time travel, eco-noir feminism and America in times of crisis. With a combination of pre-recorded orchestra and live looping and an intimate cast of a mezzo, a soprano and an actor, the piece combines modern opera, minimalism, spoken word, and folk music to create an artistically experimental sound world that reflects both the 19th and 21st centuries.
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