• Éna Brennan
  • September - October 2023
  • Project Arts Centre, Dublin

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

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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

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Breathwork | In Rehearsals

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