OLIVER RUDLAND

A cinematic opera based on the novel by William Golding

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Music and libretto by Oliver Rudland

 

On a lonely islet in the middle of the Atlantic a stranded WWII naval officer is forced to re-live events from his ruthlessly selfish past. Through his memories and hallucinations we learn of the terrifying actions which led him to this fateful pass.

 

First Performance:

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24th - 26th July 2014

Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music

 

Director: Oliver Rudland

Conductor: Mark Austin

Lighting Designer: Simon Gethin Thomas

Video Designer: Ethan Forde

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Photography: Jerome Woodwark