Jonathan Dove
5–12 September 2023
Jonathan Dove’s breakthrough work, Flight, is a superb original modern-day operatic comedy which has found universal popularity, with many different productions and over 150 performances to date across the world. “Dove’s music flies, the opera is fun, and people are going to love it” – The Evening Standard
With a libretto by leading British playwright April de Angelis, the opera has both laugh-out-loud and more serious moments as the story of the refugee who lives in the airport – inspired by the true-life story of an Iranian refugee who lived at Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, for 18 years – unfolds around the different characters who find themselves delayed in the terminal. Written for an ensemble cast of 10 singers, this opera, with its dynamic airport setting and scintillating orchestral writing – including the thrilling aeroplane take-off – continues to have a compelling immediacy. Listen to BBC Sounds Last Word with Mehran Karimi Nasser, the Iranian refugee that inspired this opera.
Director Stephen Medcalf
Conductor Wyn Davies
Set & Costume Designer Maree Kearns
Lighting Designer Kevin Smith
Refugee Eoin Conway
Controller Ami Hewitt
Tina Roisin Walsh
Bill Christopher Bowen
Stewardess Anna Brady
Steward Eoin Foran
Minskwoman Carolyn Holt
Minskman Jolyon Loy
Older Woman Deirdre Arratoon
Immigration Officer Fionn Ó hAlmhain
Irish Chamber Orchestra
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