Breathwork
NO WAY OUT
Beware! The well is poisoned. The sea is infected. Everything has been consumed. Lamentation is too late. Guilt has no positive outcome. An opera about a dystopian world affected by some form of destructive force.
This intimate new opera by the multi-talented Éna Brennan (aka Dowry) — composer, arranger, violinist and graphic designer — is a statement of horror and protest in response to the destruction of our environment. Breathwork, with a text by Olivier award-winning director David Pountney, offers a foretaste of a larger operatic collaboration that will premiere at Austria’s Bregenz Festival next year.
Running time 15-20 minutes.
Six performances daily.
Sung in English.
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‘Breathwork’ is a companion work to a larger composition ‘Hold Your Breath’ by Éna Brennan and David Pountney which has been commissioned by Bregenzer Festspiele
Cast and Creative Team
Cast
| Andrew Gavin | Questioner I |
| Michelle O'Rourke | Questioner 2 |
| Kelli-Ann Masterson | Questioner 3 |
Creative Team
| John McIlduff | Director |
| Karen Ní Bhroin | Music Director |
| Éna Brennan | Composer |
| David Pountney | Librettist |
| Sabine Dargent | Set & Costume Design |
| Alan Mooney | Lighting Design |
