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FULL THE SANDMAN (Laura J Bowler) London 2012 Alice Privett, Sian Cameron, Angharad Lyddon, Simon Gilkes, Donna Gallagher, Joseph Bolger
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: The Sandman
- Composer: Bowler Laura J
- Libretto: Lavinia Murray Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: London, UK, Size Zero Opera Company
- Recorded: August 10, 2012
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Alice Privett, Sian Cameron, Angharad Lyddon, Simon Gilkes, Donna Gallagher, Joseph Bolger, Emma Salvo, Laura Bowler
- Conductor: Jonathan Mann
- Orchestra: Instrumental Ensemble
- Stage Director: Sophie Rashbrook
- Stage Designer: Fly Davis
- Costume Designer: Fly Davis
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Tête à Tête
- Date Published: 2012
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Sketches for The Sandman were originally workshopped with ROH2 in 2010, with a section of the opera being exposed at the Royal Opera House Exposure evening in 2011, and it is now that we are seeing the finished product produced by Size Zero Opera and generously supported by the Stephen Oliver Award. The Sandman tells the story of a young girl called Olympia who is poisoned with weedkiller by a supposed childhood friend. Olympia soon finds herself falling into a coma which takes her, and us, into a world of animalistic sleep predators, kinky medical staff, medieval cows and bin bag mermaids. Olympia is stalked by the infamous Sandman until she…
Size Zero Opera was founded by composer and mezzo-soprano, Laura Bowler in 2007. The company specialise in the creation and performance of contemporary and innovative chamber opera with emerging individuals in exciting and challenging ways. We bring our musicians to the forefront as they are integral to the theatre we want to create and explore. This is Size Zero’s fourth year at the Tete a Tete Opera Festival, where we have now premiered 6 chamber operas in total. Future projects include a tour to Singapore where Size Zero will be giving the Singaporean Premiere of The Boy Who Lived Down The Lane by Diana Soh; a new commission for Summer 2013, ‘The Viagron’ by composer Arne Gieshoff and librettist, Frank Allison, as well as a new music theatre work by the American, UK based composer, Darren Bloom.