20 Shots of Opera
20 composers. 20 short operas.
The subjects range from Beethoven’s letters about his laundry, food and servant problems to a marine biologist meditating “on the enigmatic figure of Libris Solar, an alchemical blend of human, non-human and neoprene”.
One of INO's most ambitious projects features works by Gerald Barry, Éna Brennan, Irene Buckley, Linda Buckley, Robert Coleman, David Coonan, Alex Dowling, Peter Fahey, Michael Gallen, Andrew Hamilton, Jenn Kirby, Conor Linehan, Conor Mitchell, Gráinne Mulvey, Emma O’Halloran, Hannah Peel, Karen Power, Evangelia Rigaki, Benedict Schlepper-Connolly and Jennifer Walshe. All shot in Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra under conductors Elaine Kelly and Fergus Sheil with a team of directors and designers under series director Hugh O’Conor.
All streamed to the world for free from Thursday 17 December.
PRESENTED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE RTÉ CONCERT ORCHESTRA
Cast & Creative Team
| Conductors | Fergus Sheil & Elaine Kelly |
| Series Director | Hugh O'Connor |
| Directors | Muireann Ahern, Michael Barker-Caven, Gerald Barry, Sarah Baxter, Annabelle Comyn, Tom Creed, Stephanie Dufresne, Michael Gallen, Conor Hanratty, Davey Kelleher, Louis Lovett, Jo Mangan, Caitriona McLaughlin, Aoife Spillane-Hinks |
| Production Design | Sarah Bacon |
| Costume Design | Katie Davenport |
| Lighting Design | Paul Keogan |
| Video Design | Luca Truffarelli |
| Animator | Holly Keating |
| Editor & Camera | Hugh Chaloner |
| Audio Producer | Benedict Schlepper Connolly |
| Soprano | Orla Boylan, Claudia Boyle, Mairéad Buicke, Sinéad Campbell Wallace, Rachel Croash, Rachel Goode, Daire Halpin, Kelli-Ann Masterson, Emma Nash, Amy Ní Fhearraigh, Sarah Shine |
| Boy soprano | Sean Hayden |
| Mezzo-soprano | Doreen Curran, Carolyn DobbinSinéad Campbell Wallace, Rachel Croash, Rachel Goode, Daire Halpin, Kelli-Ann Masterson, Emma Nash, Amy Ní Fhearraigh, Sarah Shine, Imelda Drumm, Anne Marie Gibbons, Aebh Kelly, Raphaela Mangan, Gemma Ní Bhriain, Naomi Louisa O’Connell, Michelle O’Rourke, Sarah Richmond |
| Tenor | Andrew Gavin, Gavan Ring, Brenton Ryan |
| Baritone | Gyula Nagy |
| Bass-baritone | David Howes |
| Actor | Sean McGinley, Amelie Metcalfe |
