The Importance Of Being Earnest

The Importance Of Being Earnest at the Linbury Studio

Show Info Cast & Creative

Genre Opera/Dance

First Performance 14/06/2013

Closing 22/06/2013

The Royal Opera presents the first UK staging of Irish composer Gerald Barry’s gleefully inventive opera The Importance Of Being Earnest. The work had its concert premiere in London in 2012 and was met with huge acclaim.

Barry’s hyperactive score storms through a range of genres: everything from modernism to avant-garde to baroque. Memorable moments include Gwendolen and Cecily’s battle of wits performed through megaphones, to the accompaniment of 40 rhythmically smashed plates. Director Ramin Gray brings this virtuosic opera to the Linbury Studio Theatre in a wonderfully spirited production.

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Creative

Director - Ramin Gray

Lighting Designer - Franz David

Set Designer - Johannes Schütz

Author - Oscar Wilde

Adapted By - Gerald Barry

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