THE SKATING RINK
David Sawer
Event details
5 - 16 July 2018
Garsington Opera presents a gripping new commission, written by leading British composer David Sawer with award-winning playwright Rory Mullarkey, and based on the novel by Chilean author Roberto Bolaño.
Nuria, a beautiful young skating champion, has a powerful admirer, Enric, whose obsession drives him to pilfer funds to build her an ice rink in a deserted Spanish mansion. Discovered by an unlikely group of characters, a murder on the ice becomes the centre of this thrilling tale of jealousy, political corruption and the lengths we go to for the ones we love.
Garry Walker (The Cunning Little Vixen, 2014) returns to conduct with director and designer Stewart Laing making his Garsington debut. The wonderful ensemble cast includes Sam Furness (Baron Lummer, Intermezzo, 2015) and Susan Bickley (Geneviève, Pelléas et Mélisande, 2017).
Sung in English with English supertitles
5 - 16 July 2018
5 - 16 July 2018
Cast & Creative Team
Cast
Enric
Grant Doyle
Gaspar
Sam Furness
Remo
Ben Edquist
Carmen
Susan Bickley
Caridad
Claire Wild
Nuria
Lauren Zolezzi
Rookie
Alan Oke
Pilar
Louise Winter
Nuria skater (silent)
Alice Poggio
Karaoke singer
Steven Beard
Police Officers (silent)
Chris Harrison-Kerr, Sacha Plaige
Senegalese Cleaner (silent)
Chipo Kureya
Teenage Campers (silent)
Jim Manganello, Bailey Pepper
Local Residents and Tourists (silent)
Hollie-Anne Bangham, Josephine Biss, Sheila Bristow, David Cairns, Beverley Evans, Nika Gorič, Ailsa Mainwaring, Lara Marie Müller, Judith Newenham, Kieran Rayner, Beatrix Swanson Scott, Joel Williams
Creative Team
Conductor
Garry Walker
Director / Designer
Stewart Laing
Costume Designer
Hyemi Shin
Lighting Designer
Malcolm Rippeth
Movement Director
