The Burning Question

 

Attended by a demonic manservant and an angelic maid, the first female Pope has died. She wants nothing less than a cosy retirement in paradise, but Someone has other ideas and the elevator going upwards gets stuck. It’s a Day of Wrath! What does St Peter, the Caretaker, know? Does he hold the key to the plot? Accompanied by piano duet and a choir of heavenly voices, this satire confronts the ridiculous, the sublime, love, death and comic opera all at the same time.

Director: Tabs Benton-Evans
Librettist: Norman Welch
Composer: Ed Lambert
Choreographer: Jenny Weston
Performers: Arlene Miatto, Pete Martin, Rosalind Dobson, Samuel Lom
Photographer: Claire Shovelton

The Music Troupe, Tête-à-Tête: The Contemporary Opera Festival, September 2022

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