FULL TRAB – The Rest is Dust (Reuben Pace) Rabat 2025 Andrew Louis Cassar, Steffen Schantz, Charles Vincenti, Gheorghe Palcu

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: TRAB – The Rest is Dust  
• Composer: Pace Reuben   
• Libretto: George Peresso    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: St. Agatha Auditoriumm Rabat, Malta  
• Recorded: April 25, 2025
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Andrew Louis Cassar, Steffen Schantz, Charles Vincenti, Gheorghe Palcu, Clare Ghigo, Camilla Saba Davies, Olivia le Roux, Frances Catherine Farrugia, Daphne Camilleri, Ray Mangion, Roland Veila
• Conductor: Andrzej Mandryka  
• Orchestra: Maxime Orchestra; Master – ;  
• Chorus: Students of MAVC, SoM Young Singers, MAVC, Malta School of Music  
• Chorus Master: Geoffrey Thomas  
• Stage Director: Director – Michael Moxham; Set design – , Students of the MAVC Malta School of Art; Lighting – ; Executive Producer – Victor Galea, Mikiel Anton Vassalli College Conductor – ,   
• Stage Designer: Roderick Camilleri  
• Costume Designer:   
• Lighting Designer: Kevin Zerafa  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Mikiel Anton Vassalli College  
• Date Published: 2026  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, gensubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  TRAB – The Rest is Dust forms the third and final opera in the first-ever Maltese Opera Cycle, a landmark artistic initiative that brought together education, music, and theatre in a large-scale collaborative production. The opera addresses a number of pressing contemporary issues, including environmental concerns, xenophobia, homophobia, capitalism, and greed, inviting audiences to reflect on the human impact of these challenges through a powerful musical and dramatic narrative. For its premiere, the production featured an impressive collaboration between local and international artists. The performance included the Maxime Orchestra alongside a distinguished cast of international and Maltese opera singers: Genevieve Moore (UK), Olivia Le Roux (France), Claire Ghigo (Malta), Steffan Schantz (Germany), Charles Vincenti (Malta), Louis Andrew Cassar (Malta), and Gheorghe Palcu (Ireland). A defining feature of the production was the participation of nearly 200 students from the Mikiel Anton Vassalli College, who performed alongside the professional artists. Their involvement formed an integral part of the production, reflecting the college’s commitment to artistic education and providing students with the unique opportunity to engage in a professional operatic production. The premiere of TRAB – The Rest is Dust marked a significant milestone in Malta’s contemporary operatic landscape, bringing together international expertise and young Maltese talent in a powerful and thought-provoking artistic experience.
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