GOTHIC OPERA
"Gothic Opera’s production ramps up the silly in its screamy, cloak-sweeping homage to Marschner’s 1828 original, with a magnificent Gráinne Gillis as the Vampire Master" - The Guardian
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Bloodily Ever After! This summer, Gothic Opera’s Der Vampyr is opened the Grimeborn Festival in a brand new revised version.
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This innovative production achieved a sell-out run in 2019 and launched Gothic Opera on to the London opera scene. The opera was composed by Heinrich Marschner in 1828, and its plot has its origins in the short story The Vampyre, written by John William Polidori, putting it right at the heart of the gothic genre.
This is a hilarious and gory feminist retelling of this bloody tale, touching on themes of consent, agency and toxic masculinity. Performed with an innovative new instrumentation, sung in German with surtitles in English and with newly-written spoken English dialogue.​
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Cast
Ruthven: Giuseppe Pellingra
Malwina: Milena Knauß
Aubrey: Jack Roberts
Emmy: Amber Reeves
Davenaut: Conall O'Neill
Janthe: Madeleine Todd
Georg: Matthew Scott Clark
Vampire Master: Gráinne Gillis
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Director: Julia Mintzer
Conductor and Arranger: Kelly Lovelady
Set and Costume Designer: Charles Ogilvie
Lighting Designer: Will Alder
Associate Director and Fight Choreographer: Jonny Danciger
Producer: Helene Mathiesen
Stage Manager: Vendy Pospisilova
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Piano/Harmonium: Jasmin Allpress
Cello: Niki Moosavi
Double bass: Adam Storey
Sousaphone: Iain McDonald​​
Supported by The Marchus Trust
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