Genesis Foundation
Genesis Foundation: Nuturing Emerging Talents In The Arts
Performers at the workshops
1 March 2004
Genesis Opera Project 2
Musicians and Casting for the Workshops
Sunday 14 & Monday 15 March 2004
| Orchestra | |
| Almeida Ensemble | |
| Violins | Miranda Fulleylove (leader) Ruth Ehrlich Philippa Ibbotson Hilary Sturt Fiona McNaught Vladimir Naumov Gillian Austin Caroline Bishop |
| Violas | Elizabeth Butler Bridget Carey |
| Cellos | Sophie Harris Miriam Lowbury |
| Double basses | Corradi Canonici Christopher Westcott |
| Flute/piccolo | Nancy Ruffer |
| Clarinets | Duncan Ashby Tim Holmes Andrew Sparling |
| Oboe | Joe Sanders |
| Bassoon | Emma Harding |
| Saxophone | Tim Holmes |
| Horn | Richard Bayliss |
| Trumpet | Joe Atkins |
| Trombones | David Whitson Roger Williams |
| Percussion | Julian Warburton Matthew Rich |
| Harp | Manon Morris |
| Piano/celeste/ harpsichord |
Lindy Tennent-Brown |
| Accordion | Ian Watson |
| Electric guitar | Dudley Phillips |
| Orchestral fixer | Nancy Ruffer |
| Rehearsed readings | |
| Director | William Kerley |
| Actors for the Libretto Readings | Paul Ready Ed Weeks Stephanie Street |
| Works in Progress | |
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Hippocampus or Lonely Extract: Four songs and arias |
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| Composer | Slavomir Solovic (Slovakia) |
| Librettist | Viliam Klimácek (Slovakia) |
| Conductor | Timothy Redmond |
| Repetiteur | Rachael Buxton |
| Cast | |
| Eva | Joanna Burton Soprano |
| Stranger (Hippocampus) | Christopher Lemmings Tenor |
| Fridge (Arthur) | Richard Strivens Baritone |
| Mirror (Sisi) | Daniella Ehrlich Alto |
| Wardrobe (Karin) | Heather Shipp Mezzo |
| Instrumentation Violins (3), viola, cello, double bass, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, trombone, harp, celeste |
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Sante and Augustine Extract: Scenes 1 and 4 |
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| Composer | Emily Hall (UK) |
| Librettist | Kit Peel (UK) |
| Conductor | Gerry Cornelius |
| Repetiteur | James Longford |
| Cast | |
| Virgin | Anna Dennis Soprano |
| Sante | Daniella Ehrlich Mezzo |
| Augustine | Christopher Lemmings Tenor |
| Anastase | Jonathan Gunthorpe Baritone |
| Villager 1 | Benjamin Hulett Tenor |
| Villager 2 | Jozef Koc Baritone |
| Villager 3 | Martin Robson Bass |
| Instrumentation Violin, viola, cello, double bass, oboe, clarinet, tenor trombones (2), percussion (2), harp, accordion, electric bass guitar |
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The Umbrella Extract: Scene 1 |
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| Composer | Elena Langer (Russia) |
| Librettist | Lavinia Greenlaw (UK) |
| Conductor | Gerry Cornelius |
| Repetiteur | James Longford |
| Cast | |
| Sylvie | Joanna Burton Soprano |
| The Lover | Andrew Watts Countertenor |
| Franz | Jonathan Gunthorpe Baritone |
| Instrumentation First violins (3), second violins (3), violas (2), cellos (2), double bass, percussion, piano |
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The Tramway Conductor of Venice Extract: Prologue to the end of Scene 3 |
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| Composer | Mario Wiegand (Germany) |
| Librettist | Marec Béla Steffens (Germany) |
| Conductor | Timothy Redmond |
| Repetiteur | Rachael Buxton |
| Cast | |
| The Tramway Conductor | Tom Raskin Tenor |
| The Tomcat | Richard Strivens Baritone |
| La Bionda | Tara Harrison Soprano |
| Senators, gondolieri, tourists, boat taxi drivers, seahorses, ostriches |
Charlotte Ellett Soprano Rebecca Sharp Mezzo Benjamin Hulett Tenor Jozef Koc Bass Baritone Martin Robson Bass |
| Instrumentation Violins (2), viola, cello, double bass, clarinets (2) (one doubling E flat clarinet, one doubling soprano saxophone), bass clarinet (doubling tenor saxophone), horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, harp |
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PUSH! Extract: Scenes 1-4: Soozy and Fox; Nimmy; Soozy swimming; Cara |
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| Composer | David Bruce (UK) |
| Librettist | Anne Reynolds (UK) |
| Conductor | Gerry Cornelius |
| Repetiteur | James Longford |
| Cast | |
| Nimmy | Charlotte Ellett Soprano |
| Cara | Tara Harrison Soprano |
| Cara's baby | Charlotte Ellett Soprano |
| Soozy | Daniella Ehrlich Mezzo |
| Judith | Heather Shipp Mezzo |
| Sal | Rebecca Sharp Mezzo |
| Roger/Luciano/Sandy/Diver 1 | Christopher Lemmings Tenor |
| Diver 2 | Jozef Koc Baritone |
| Instrumentation Violins (2), cello, double bass, flute (doubling piccolo, tenor recorder, descant recorder and maracas), clarinet (doubling bass clarinet and cabasa), bassoon, horn in F, B flat trumpet, bass trombone, percussion (doubling harmonica in C), honky-tonk piano (doubling harpsichord), accordion |
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The Original Chinese Conjuror Extract: Prologue, Prelude, Scenes 1-2, First Interlude, Scene 9 |
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| Composer | Raymond Yiu (Hong Kong) |
| Librettist | Lee Warren (UK) |
| Conductor | Timothy Redmond |
| Repetiteur | Rachael Buxton |
| Cast | |
| William Robinson | Jonathan Gunthorpe Baritone |
| Newspaper boy/Chai Ping | Andrew Watts Countertenor |
| Dot | Heather Shipp Mezzo |
| Audience | Tom Raskin Tenor |
| Audience/Passerby | Richard Strivens Baritone |
| Lecturer | (Actor) |
| Instrumentation Violins (2), viola, cello, double bass, flute (doubling piccolo and alto flute), clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), horn, trumpet (doubling flugelhorn), trombone, percussion (2), piano |
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