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Julietta

Bohuslav Martinu: Julietta

Michel arrives in a small town, intent on finding the unknown girl he once heard singing at an open window. But is he the only sane man in a world where everyone else has lost their memory, or a madman trapped in a recurring dream from which there is no escape?

Based on a 1930s French surrealist play set in a poetical no-man’s-land poised between dreams and reality, Julietta is the operatic masterpiece of Martinu, the finest Czech composer in the generation following Janácek.

New production supported by The Bohuslav Martinu Foundation

Edward Gardner, conductor
Richard Jones, director

Cast includes:

Julietta: Julia Sporsén
Michel: Peter Hoare
Police officer/Clerk/Forest Warden: Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts
Man in a helmet / Seller of memories / Convict:  Andrew Shore
Man at window / Old man Youth / Beggar: Henry Waddington
Little arab / First gentleman / Errand-boy: Emilie Renard
Old arab / Grandfather / Old sailor: Gwynne Howell
Birdseller / Fortune teller: Susan Bickley
Fishmonger / Old woman / Grandmother: Valerie Reid
Young sailor: Anthony Gregory
2nd Gentleman: Clare Presland
3rd Gentleman: Samantha Price

Designer: Antony McDonald
Associate Set Designer: Ricardo Pardo
Lighting Designer: Matthew Richardson
Choreographer: Philippe Giraudeau
Translator: David Pountney