ON DEMAND: The Impresario
Company: Enigma Chamber Opera
Enigma Chamber Opera are delighted to announce their second production – ‘a lockdown opera for the Covid age’! Following their sold out production of Britten’s The Turn of the Screw (described by Zoë Madonna in the Boston Globe as ‘an auspicious arrival in the Boston arts landscape’), Enigma were determined to rise to the challenges of 2020, and to find ways to be creative during the days of
isolation. Mozart’s singspiel The Impresario seemed to director Kirsten Z Cairns to be the ideal show.
This innovative production is tailored specifically to the current times, with a topical new book and libretto. Calling on media designer Peter Torpey’s technical brilliance, Enigma have created an operatic movie about the struggles artists face at the moment; with beautiful costumes by Rebecca Shannon Butler, wonderful playing by pianist Maja Tremiszewska, and a stunning cast. The silver lining to being obliged to work remotely is that performers and crew can be drawn from as far afield as Los Angeles and France! The exceptional talents of singers Matthew DiBattista, Katrina Galka, David Kravitz, and Deborah Selig are augmented by London based actor Simon Robson, to create this wonderful, comic piece. And all without any two artists ever being in the same building!
The opera is available on YouTube at no charge; Enigma Chamber Opera are very happy to offer some light relief, and some uplifting music, to all at this time.
isolation. Mozart’s singspiel The Impresario seemed to director Kirsten Z Cairns to be the ideal show.
This innovative production is tailored specifically to the current times, with a topical new book and libretto. Calling on media designer Peter Torpey’s technical brilliance, Enigma have created an operatic movie about the struggles artists face at the moment; with beautiful costumes by Rebecca Shannon Butler, wonderful playing by pianist Maja Tremiszewska, and a stunning cast. The silver lining to being obliged to work remotely is that performers and crew can be drawn from as far afield as Los Angeles and France! The exceptional talents of singers Matthew DiBattista, Katrina Galka, David Kravitz, and Deborah Selig are augmented by London based actor Simon Robson, to create this wonderful, comic piece. And all without any two artists ever being in the same building!
The opera is available on YouTube at no charge; Enigma Chamber Opera are very happy to offer some light relief, and some uplifting music, to all at this time.
Performances run through
2021-02-19For more information visit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4kJfNupClw&feature=youtu.beType:
Opera